Topic - Energy Commission

California’s solar mandate to allow homes without solar

By CUNEYT DIL - Associated Press

Judge temporarily halts fracking approvals in North Carolina

By Jonathan Drew - Associated Press

$In this Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, file photo, protesters gather and hold signs before a hearing on proposed rules for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, oil and gas drilling, in Raleigh, N.C. Tens of thousands of people will have weighed in on hydraulic fracturing in North Carolina by the time a public comment period on rules for the drilling method wraps up the last week of September 2014. Public meetings on the issue have illustrated the strong feelings on both sides of the issue, with protests, chanting and even anti-fracking songs. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew, File)$

Lawsuit challenges panel that made NC fracking rules

By Jonathan Drew - Associated Press

$FILE - This July 27, 2011 file photo shows a farmhouse in the background framed by pipes connecting pumps where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale layer to release natural gas was underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. In Pennsylvania’s fracking boom, new and more unconventional wells leaked far more than older and traditional wells, according to a study of inspections of more than 41,000 wells drilled. And that means that that methane leaks could be a problem for drilling across the nation, said the author of the study, which funded in part by environmental activist groups and criticized by the energy industry. The study was published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)$