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Fresh, May 30, 2023: $30 Million EPA Grant Program Targets Pollution in Disadvantaged Communities

Circle of Blue

May 30, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Permit holders are required to report their annual water use to the state Department of Natural Resources. percent, significantly lower than the 24.5

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EPA Finalizes Rule To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Infrastructure; DEP’s Oil & Gas Methane Regulations 1 Year Old

PA Environment Daily

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. The conventional regulations were challenged in Commonwealth Court by conventional oil and gas operators. Read more here. Click Here for EPA announcement.

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Lisa Baiton: Big Oil’s Climate Misinformation Maestro

Enviromental Defense

Baiton was at COP27 and is expected to return for COP28, which runs from November 30th until December 12th, 2023. We need governments to regulate industry. Under Baiton’s leadership, CAPP has lobbied the federal government 74 times in the first 9 months of 2023 – that’s once every 2.5

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One Man’s Waste is Another Man’s Treasure: Texas Appellate Court Holds that Produced Water Belongs to Mineral Owners

The Energy Law Blog

In response, the Texas Legislature passed Texas Natural Resources Code § 122.002 on September 1, 2019, which grants title to produced water to whoever takes possession of it for the purpose of treating it for subsequent beneficial use, unless a conveyance instrument expressly provides otherwise. 08-22-00037-CV, 2023 WL 4846861 (Tex.

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Farmers on the Hill: Advocates and Farmers Join in Washington DC to Call for Food and Agriculture System Reform in the 2023 Farm Bill

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

As the House and Senate Agriculture Committees are busy working on their respective first drafts of the 2023 Farm Bill, farmers and advocates took an important opportunity to speak to Members of Congress about improved agriculture policy needs. Participants flew in from Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania.

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Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. In March, DEP reported 86% of conventional oil and gas well owners did not comply with waste disposal reporting for 33,505 wells in 2023. Read more here. Read more here.

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Senate Committee Hearing April 17 On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. In March, DEP reported 86% of conventional oil and gas well owners did not comply with waste disposal reporting for 33,505 wells in 2023. Read more here. Is it Useful?

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