As the world races to adopt cleaner fuels and implement carbon-reducing strategies to combat a warming climate, the Trump administration is moving feverishly to severely weaken federal methane emissions regulations across the entire oil and gas industry. The Trump EPA’s current proposal to weaken the New Source Performance Standards 2016 methane rule will add 480,000 tons of… Keep reading →
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EPA Methane Rollbacks Contradict Agency’s Own Scientific Findings
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By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogHow top energy companies engage in the U.S. methane policy debate in the coming weeks may tell us a lot about the future of natural gas. As these companies have themselves recognized, the role of natural gas in a world that can—and must—decarbonize depends on minimizing harmful emissions of methane from across oil and gas… Keep reading →
In His Efforts To Delay The EPA Methane Rule, Pruitt Rejects American Ingenuity
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogWe hope our leaders have the public’s best interest in mind. Unfortunately, instead of using sound science, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be making decisions based on the influence of the worst actors in the oil and gas industry. Although in his recent Congressional testimony he said the outcome of his proposal to suspend and possibly roll back… Keep reading →
Large Gas Buyers Set Environmental Performance Indicators For How Gas Is Produced
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange BlogUtilities who deliver gas to homes and businesses, and/or generate electricity from gas, are important stakeholders along the natural gas supply chain. They are the face of natural gas to their customers; and, thus, they need to know that the gas they sell is being produced in the most responsible and transparent way possible—one in… Keep reading →