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methane emissions
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Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
Methane Rule Update—Industry and Environmental Groups Seek Reconsideration
As we previously wrote on this blog, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized New Source Performance Standards for methane emissions from the oil and gas industry on June 3, 2016.…
Energy & the Law
Methane Emissions Standards Take Effect
Effective this past August 3, the EPA has new regulations for methane and volatile organic compound emissions from oil and gas operations As you know, reducing methane emissions is a key…
Green Building Law Update
Is California Going to Ban Cows in the Name of Climate Change?
The California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board has issued a “Proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy” that includes the penultimate statement, California’s dairy and livestock industries account for roughly…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
States and Industry Groups Challenge U.S. EPA’s Oil & Gas Methane Regulations
By Ryan Elliott
In July, the State of North Dakota filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging U.S. EPA’s final rule amending the Agency’s 2012 New Source…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
The Other Shoe Just Dropped on Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Industry
By Mike Mills
Not to be outdone by its federal counter-parts, the California Air Resources Board (“ARB”) released Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Crude Oil and Natural Gas Facilities (“proposed rule”) for methane…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
EPA Publishes Methane Standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector
By Environmental Law and Policy Monitor
Today, Friday, June 3, 2016, EPA published in the Federal Register the final rule setting New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) regulating methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry.…
Environment, Land & Resources
EPA Targets Oil and Gas Sector with Suite of New Emissions Rules
By Robert Wyman, Claudia O’Brien, Michael Carroll, Alicia Handy, Andrew Westgate and Samantha Seikkula On May 12, 2016, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rules aimed at…
PipelineLaw
Final Rules Require Methane Monitoring at New and Modified Oil and Gas Facilities
In an effort to advance White House climate change targets, EPA recently finalized methane rules for new, heavily modified or reconstructed oil and natural gas facilities.
The Right Coast
3 Reasons EPA Sided With Environmentalists Over Science On Methane
The Obama administration released new limits on methane emissions from oil and gas wells that are even tougher than the industry expected - $530 million more per year than the…
Washington Energy Report
EPA Finalizes Methane Rule for New Oil, Gas Sources
On May 12, 2016, the EPA issued a final rule aimed at curbing methane emissions from new and modified sources of oil and gas. In addition to methane, the final…