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methane emissions
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E2 Law Blog
Colorado Approves New Rules Regulating Methane Emissions from Landfills
By Courtney M. Shephard, Mary Katherine Andrews
On Dec. 18, 2025, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (Commission) adopted new, state-specific rules to regulate methane emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The Commission originally considered Regulation…
Sustainability in Business
EU Methane Regulation – What Importers and Exporters Need to Know
The European Union's Methane Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2024/1787), which took effect on August 4, 2024, establishes a legal framework for the measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of methane emissions from…
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC
Methane Reduction Starts in Your Kitchen: The Case for Garbage Disposals
Garbage disposals, quite possibly among the lowest tech, geoengineering solutions to climate change.
Green Building Law Update
Reduce Methane Emissions with Kitchen Garbage Disposals
By embracing in sink garbage disposals and complementing them with waste reduction and composting efforts, we can all play a part in slowing climate change and creating a more sustainable…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Declines to Stay EPA’s New Methane Rule
By Dixon Wallace, Mary-Kate Rigney
On July 9, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) declined to stay a new Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) rule that seeks…
The Right Coast
Millions of mystery holes at the bottom of the North Sea are not what scientists thought they were | Live Science
In the murky waters of the North Sea, shallow divots dot the seafloor. The pits are round or oval, and range in width from a few meters to more than…
frESH
US EPA Finalizes Rulemaking for Methane Emission Reductions
On December 2, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the pre-publication version of its Final Rule for standards of performance in the Oil and Natural Gas sector.…
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC
The Power of Methane: Why Tackling Emissions Is Key to Curbing Climate Change
Taking action on methane emissions is a practical and strategic move that will immediately yield multiple benefits, bringing us closer to repairing the planet.
Green Building Law Update
The Power of Methane: Why Tackling Emissions Is Key to Curbing Climate Change
One pound of methane traps 25 times more heat in the atmosphere than a pound of carbon dioxide
Pillar and Post
Overview of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Tax
By Poe Leggette, Bailey A. Bridges
Key Takeaways Section 60113 of the Inflation Reduction Act adds Section 136 to the Clean Air Act, imposing a first-ever direct “charge” on methane emissions. The charge is based on…