The GAO’s climate change report finds that climate change could result in significant impacts to the US economy that may be unevenly distributed across US sectors and regions.
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GAO Releases Climate Change Report
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By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Keeping our workforce safe is just one area of continuously improving safety that the natural gas and oil industry works hard on every day. Whether it’s checking pipelines for potential damage, transporting products via rail car, storing natural gas supplies underground, or producing in deepwater, our industry is committed to safe operations as a core… Keep reading →
Innovative Satellite Launched For Monitoring Global Methane And Air Quality
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
Last Friday, the European Space Agency Sentinel-5p satellite went into orbit above the earth. Onboard is an imaging spectrometer instrument called TROPOMI, led by SRON (Dutch Space Agency) and KNMI (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) to monitor the amount of methane, ozone and other air quality-related pollutants in the atmosphere. There has been quite a buzz… Keep reading →
EPA Proposes Repeal Of Clean Power Plan
By David Friedland & Kristin Gladd | Beveridge & Diamond PC Contact
On October 10, 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a notice of proposed rulemaking repealing the Clean Power Plan.
Trump Track: EPA Moves On Its Plan To Repeal [And Eventually Replace?] The Clean Power Plan
By Kerry Shea | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
On October 10, 2017, EPA announced it is taking steps to repeal the Clean Power Plan, regulations put in place in 2015 which requires existing power plants to roll back their CO2 emissions by 2030.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Schemes: A Global Perspective – Canada
By SETH KERSCHNER | WHITE & CASE LLP
Canada’s federal government recently entered into an agreement with eight Canadian provinces and three Canadian territories that is likely to accelerate the development of provincial and territorial greenhouse gases.
How Community Air Monitoring Projects Provide A Data-Driven Model For The Future
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
This month marks the one year anniversary since the residents in Imperial County California did something pretty amazing. After experiencing some of the highest asthma hospitalization rates in the state, the community got together to launch the IVAN air monitoring project– a community website that provides real time air quality data collected from 40 different pollution… Keep reading →
New Wave Of Climate Change Related Litigation Focuses On Industry
By VAN HILDERBRAND, JR., MARIAN HWANG | MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C.
Climate change related cases are on the rise nationwide, just like sea water levels.
Busy In The Beehive: Utah Joins Growing List Of States Tackling Oil And Gas Pollution
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
Ozone pollution — also known as smog — is a growing problem in Utah, both in the state’s urban areas and in largely rural regions where oil and gas development has been directly tied to unhealthy air. That’s why new draft rules for oil and gas emissions released yesterday are a breath of fresh air… Keep reading →
President Trump Nominates Former Coal Executive To Head of MSHA
By WILLIAM DORAN | OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
President Trump has nominated a retired coal company executive to head the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
