With a dramatic change from a progressive democratic to a conservative republican administration, we anticipate that EPA is not only likely to pivot away from an enforcement heavy to a more business friendly agenda.
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What Now? U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Post-Election Outlook
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By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Let’s follow up on a post earlier this week on the energy stakes in next week’s election with some recent analysis by Adam Sieminski, who heads the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Speaking at a Natural Gas Roundtable event, Sieminski said that constraints on hydraulic fracturing, reducing its use, could have significant price impacts. E&E… Keep reading →
How Sensible BLM And EPA Methane Rules Can Mean Millions To Tribal Communities
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
With oil and natural gas production, it’s not only the industry that benefits monetarily. Mineral rights holders (the people who actually own the oil and gas deep below the earth’s surface) benefit too. Depending on where you look in the United States, who owns these mineral rights varies. In many places those minerals are owned… Keep reading →
New EPA Guidelines Will Help Oil And Gas Communities Breathe Easier
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
While air quality as a whole has been improving across the United States over the past few decades, many areas that are ground zero for the nation’s expanding oil and gas industry have shown an increase in dangerous pollutants. In fact, states with substantial drilling activities saw worsening air quality recently, according to the American Lung… Keep reading →
EPA To The Oil And Gas Industry: The Request Is In The Mail
By Charles L. Franklin, Christine LaFollette, David Quigley | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
It looks like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will have its own scary treat for the oil and gas industry this Halloween.
Latest EPA Greenhouse Emission Numbers Demonstrate Success Of Methane Standards
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
This week sees the release of new figures from the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program (GHGRP), which includes self-reported, large facility-level emissions data for 2015. The good news is that methane pollution from the oil and gas industry is down slightly, thanks to a combination of stronger safeguards starting to take effect, along with… Keep reading →
Finding Industry Fingerprints On Atmospheric Methane
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
We’ve all seen TV detectives dust a scene for fingerprints. In a study in the journal Nature, a team of scientists did something similar, using carbon isotopes to identify the “fingerprints” of methane– one of the world’s most powerful climate pollutants in the atmosphere. The study examined the isotopic signature from two types of methane… Keep reading →
Stop The Presses: Nuclear Power Still Does Not Emit Greenhouse Gases
By Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law
On Monday, the TVA announced that Watts Bar Unit 2 had successfully completed what is known as its final power ascension test.
EPA’s Coal Ash Rule Continues To Draw Criticism – From Both Sides
By Ronald Farley | Burr & Forman
The EPA’s publication of a coal ash rule on April 17, 2015, did little to resolve the debate about the proper management of the material.
The Clean Power Plan: Driving Down Electricity Bills For Families
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
EDF Fellow Will Bittinger co-authored this post Here’s one fact you may not know about the Clean Power Plan – it can save you money. The Clean Power Plan puts the first-ever nationwide limits on carbon pollution from power plants. It’s a crucial step in our efforts to combat climate chaos and protect public health. But it… Keep reading →
