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methane emissions
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E2 Law Blog
EPA’s Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Proposal: Getting Outside Help
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a “supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking,” calling for comments on air pollution standards for control of methane emissions from new and…
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Beware Before You Flare: EPA Revamps Rulemaking to Pave the Way for Methane Emission Reductions
On November 15, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) issued the pre-publication version of supplemental proposed rulemaking for reduction of methane emissions in the oil and natural…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
Updated Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas Facilities: Key Takeaways from the EPA’s Supplemental Proposal and Request for Comments
By Andrew Glenn
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its most recent proposal for controlling greenhouse gas emissions produced by the oil and gas industry earlier this month. The supplemental proposal builds upon…
Law & The Environment
The Social Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions is About to Get Much More Expensive
By Joshua Rosen
Following an announcement at COP27 by President Biden, the EPA issued a supplemental proposal to reduce methane and other harmful emissions from new and existing sources in the oil and…
ESG Legal Solutions, LLC
Scope 4 GHG Emissions
Avoided emissions that contribute to a new low carbon economy
Inside Energy & Environment
Methane Emissions Reduction Program: The Next Step in the United States’ Efforts to Tackle a Potent Greenhouse Gas
By Gary S. Guzy
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) would make significant strides in limiting and cutting methane pollution. Methane has proven to be a significant part of the climate problem; the United Nations’…
The Right Coast
Scientists raise alarm over dangerously fast growth in atmospheric methane
Methane concentrations in the atmosphere raced past 1,900 parts per billion last year, nearly triple preindustrial levels, according to data released in January by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
EPA Issues Highly Anticipated Methane Rule for the Oil and Gas Sector
By Melissa Horne, Mack McGuffey
Earlier this week, EPA published its proposed new methane regulations for the oil and gas sector. These new rules will have significant practical implications for the industry and have the…
Renewable Energy Outlook
The Biden Administration Proposes New Rule to Dramatically Cut Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector
By Sarah A. Slack, Peter A. Tomasi, Dorothy E. Watson, Amanda K. Beggs
Last week, as world leaders met at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), issued a proposed rule under the Clean…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
EPA Proposes Sweeping Rule to Regulate Methane Emissions
By David M. Loring, Sara A. McQuillen
On November 2, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule involving three separate actions aimed at establishing a comprehensive and more stringent regulatory regime to reduce…