Topic
methane emissions
105 published works
Defense Litigation Insider
The EPA’s Threat to The New Source Performance Standards
On September 11, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed modifications to the 2016 New Source Performance Standards, a series of regulations enacted by President Barack Obama that require the oil…
The Nickel Report
Finding the Win-Win-Win through Commercialization of Flare Gas
By William L. Newton, John J. Beardsworth, Jr.
In September 2018, the US Interior Department issued a final rule rescinding the 2016 Venting and Flaring Rule, which took effect November 2018. The old rule, which never went into…
EHS Law Insights
Environmental Areas of Interest in 2019 – A look ahead
By Forrest M. Smith, Jennifer A. Smokelin, Todd O. Maiden, Daniella D. Landers
The past year has been a busy one in environmental law and policy. While a look ahead could include topics such as likely impacts from continuing efforts by the current U.S.…
Energy & the Law
What They’re Saying About the EPA’s Methane Rule
In his Hardcore History podcasts, Dan Carlin presents himself, not as a historian, but as a journalist who likes history. Herein is my attempt to present yours truly, not as an…
Environmental Law Next
Environmental Groups Claim Victory While Dropping Lawsuit Against EPA Over Landfill Methane Emissions Rules
By Ann Zwick
Last May, the Trump EPA issued a 90-day stay of two Obama-era landfill methane rules, namely the Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (NSPS Subpart XXX) and the…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
Trump EPA Will Not Stay Landfill Methane Rules
By Mike Mills
In early January 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA") decided to halt previous proposals to stay methane rules for new and existing landfills. The Obama Administration’s EPA issued the…
Mineral Law
Trump’s BLM Cannot Delay Implementation of Oil and Gas Methane Rules after Effective Date
By Mike Mills, Shannon Morrissey
On October 4, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California held that the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) cannot postpone implementation of natural gas methane…
frESH
D.C. Circuit Holds US EPA Cannot Stay Implementation of Methane Rule Issued by Obama Administration
On July 3, 2017, the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated US EPA’s decision to stay implementation of portions of a final rule concerning methane and other…
Pipelaws
DC Circuit Vacates EPA Stay of Oil & Gas Rule
By Troutman Pepper Pipeline Practice
By Margaret Campbell & Mack McGuffey on July 6, 2017 The DC Circuit issued a decision on July 3, 2017, vacating the 90-day stay of the Oil & Gas Industry…
frESH
What Happened to US EPA’s New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills?
By Squire Patton Boggs, Kendra Sherman
In 2016, US EPA finalized two rules designed to reduce methane and non-methane organic compound emissions from landfills. These rules were adopted as part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan: Strategy to…