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Unpacking EPA’s final methane protections
3 months 2 weeks ago
Last week, EPA Administrator Regan announced final standards to cut methane and harmful local air pollution from both new and existing facilities in the oil and gas industry. Diverse stakeholders ranging from major oil-producing states like New Mexico to tribal air agencies to oil and gas producers and methane mitigation companies have all voiced support […]
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In wake of Supreme Court ruling, we must go full steam ahead to reduce methane pollution
1 year 8 months ago
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent climate change ruling has unfortunately restricted the tools available to EPA in its effort to address climate pollution from power plants. However, it’s also important to recognize that the ruling in no way changed EPA’s longstanding authority and duty to address climate pollution under the Clean Air Act to address […]
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Not-so-marginal wells and the need for strong EPA regulations
2 years 5 months ago
There’s a common misconception that “marginal” or low-producing wells are nothing more than a marginal problem when it comes to the oil and gas industry’s methane emissions. The reality is that these wells make up about 80% of all active wells in the U.S, over 560,000 in total. These are not the mom-and-pop operations some […]
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What to look for as EPA readies landmark methane rules
2 years 6 months ago
EPA is preparing to release proposed rules to cut oil and gas methane pollution from both new and existing facilities — one of the most critical and cost-effective actions we can take to immediately slow the rate of global warming and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Recognizing the importance of this opportunity, yesterday, […]
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With oil and gas pollution rules restored, what’s next for EPA on methane?
2 years 7 months ago
Last month, President Biden signed into law S.J. Res. 14, a Congressional Review Act resolution restoring methane pollution standards for the oil and gas sector by repealing Trump-era rollbacks. With bipartisan backing, Congress passed the measure and rejected the Trump administration’s dangerous weakening of methane protections and its unlawful attempt to prevent the Environmental Protection […]
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New mapping tool shows who will be impacted by EPA’s dangerous methane rollback
4 years 3 months ago
A few months ago, the Environmental Protection Agency released their proposal to eliminate regulation of methane emissions from new and modified sources across the oil and gas sector and attempt to preclude future federal regulation of the vast number of older sources in the industry. EDF and a coalition of other concerned public health and […]
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Trump’s EPA moves one step closer to dangerous proposal to eliminate methane pollution standards
4 years 9 months ago
Over the last several weeks, widespread reporting has documented the Trump administration’s efforts to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change. Recent reports have shown White House attempts to block a senior state department official’s testimony on climate change, and documents that EDF recently obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests show Trump administration advisor […]
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API attacks on methane safeguards contradict science and drag the industry backwards
5 years ago
Methane is a powerful pollutant responsible for more than 25 percent of climate change we experience today—and the oil and gas sector is the largest industrial source of methane emissions. Recent scientific evidence only underscores the importance of addressing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, at the request of the American Petroleum […]
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