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Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On February 17, the Clean Air Council and the Environmental Integrity Project sent a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant in Beaver County that has repeatedly violated air pollution limits and recently released plumes of black smoke for several hours.

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EPA Proposes Rejection of San Joaquin Valley Air District PM2.5 SIP Submittal

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2022

discussing the ways in which local air districts can take action to end harmful air pollution from building appliances. While the SIP submittal maintained that air district standards already on the books—none of which were zero-emission standards—satisfied BACM demonstration requirements, EPA disagreed.

Clean Air Act

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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels. Since around 2008, natural gas use has been the mirror image of coal use.

2012

2012 2008 Clean Air Act Renewable Energy

Webinars

Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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EPA Releases White Paper For Comment On Reducing Climate Pollution From New Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency issued for public input a draft white paper on control techniques and measures that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new stationary combustion turbines. electricity generation in future years, primarily use natural gas to create electricity.

Natural Gas

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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings.

Conservation

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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

JUNE 30, 2022

CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. at 528–529. 7411(b)(1)(B); see also §7411(a)(2). That description of the holding in AEP v.

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EPA Proposes Modifications to Oil & Gas Air Pollution Standards

The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Moreno: On August 23, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that significantly expands the applicable air emissions standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. See 76 Fed. 52738 (Aug. 52738 (Aug. The public comments period for the proposal ends on October 24, 2011.

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Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2023

On April 25, the Eyes On Shell citizens initiative reported fenceline air pollution monitoring data at Shell's Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County reported benzene levels of over 185 µg/m3 and 89 µg/m3 they said was above the 29 µg/m3 minimum risk level established by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Natural Gas Fossil Fuels

Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted air pollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75

2013

2013 2007 Fossil Fuels Government

EPA Proposes New Power Plant Rule That Promises Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in the Coming Years

Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

The proposed rule would apply to new and existing gas plants and existing coal plants—new coal plants are separately regulated—and promises to significantly cut carbon and other harmful air pollutant emissions from fossil plants over the next two decades and beyond. This language, particularly the bolded text, is important.

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Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue Shell Chemical For Air Pollution Violations At Its Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

On February 2, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a notice of intent to sue Shell Chemical Appalachia for repeated violations of air pollution permit limits at its petrochemical plant in Beaver County.

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Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta SOMO PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:21 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more Audrey Gaughran Shell cannot be allowed to divest from the onshore oil industry in the Niger Delta before it takes responsibility for its toxic legacy of pollution and the safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure.

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Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

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New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

Fossil Fuels

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Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015

Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

Fossil Fuels

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Shell angers climate activists with plan for $23bn shareholder payout

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

Fossil Fuels

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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates.

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The Car Rule and the Major Questions Doctrine

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

The resemblance between the case is that both involve shifts from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources — from coal to natural gas and renewables in West Virginia , and gas/diesel to electric vehicles in the new regulation. And even apart from climate change, EVs have the advantage of reducing smog and other air pollution.

Clean Air Act

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

2017

2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation.

Government

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 An additional appropriation of $750 million is made for the same set of activities in ports located in nonattainment areas, as designated under Section 107 of the Clean Air Act. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding.

2026

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EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed much-needed protections to improve oversight and reduce pollution from the nation’s network of natural gas pipelines today.

Natural Gas

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The EPA’s New Truck Rule Is a Modest Step When What Is Needed Is a Giant Leap

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This rule was a clear opportunity to exercise the Agency’s authority under the Clean Air Act to promote the most advanced emissions reductions technology. The Clean Air Act is pretty clear on the question at hand, and the data is as clear as can be—California must get its waiver ASAP.

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National Environmental Justice Art Campaign - We Refuse To Die - Launching In Pittsburgh Area

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

. -- A new petition seeks to hold US Steel accountable for their harmful pollution and violation of the Clean Air Act. The Clairton Coke Works was named Allegheny County's number one air polluter in 2021 , alone releasing over 1.1 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the community’s air supply.

Fossil Fuels

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New Air Standards for Oil & Gas Industry May Force HAP Area Sources into Major Source Status

The Energy Law Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

One important change is how the new definition of “associated equipment” modifies the aggregation rule for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP), which in turn modifies the applicability of the “major source” definition for oilfield operations, in particular as it applies to oil and gas wells, tanks and glycol dehydrators.

2012

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What Should EPA Do After Repealing the Clean Power Plan?

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. There’s been a lot of discussion among academics and advocates about instead using section 115 of the Clean Air Act as a basis for carbon regulations. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants.

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Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clean Water Act

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U.S. Supreme Court v. EPA Climate Rule

Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

EPA held the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan Rule exceeded EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. Three key takeaways from the court’s decision: The Court did not rule that EPA lacks authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or other sources. The West Virginia v.

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EPA Proposal to Rescind Oil and Gas Methane Regulations Has Not Been Adequately Justified and Disregards Negative Climate Impacts

Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

On Friday, November 22, the Sabin Center submitted comments opposing an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposal to rescind regulations limiting methane emissions from new oil and natural gas facilities (the “Methane New Source Performance Standards” or “Methane NSPS”). That view is, however, refuted by EPA’s own documents.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.22.23 - Earth Day!

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin -- Brodhead Watershed Assn.

Earth Day

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The Mystery of the Missing Stay Order

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 8, 2023

the gas pipeline industry., Those involve exciting issues like whether EPA reasonably applied a 1000-horsepower applicability criterion for natural-gas pipeline engines. There are similar, equally dull requests from the paper industry. and the state of Ohio.

Ozone

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77 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2023

Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Air Pollution Violations $1.5 Million Penalty Settlement Finalized By Federal Court; Public Comments Provide ‘No Basis’ For Altering Decree -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Air Pollution Violations $1.5 Hits Contractors With $1.1

Conservation

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Four Important Points About EPA’s Proposed Methane Emissions Controls for Oil and Natural Gas Facilities

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

On Tuesday, November 2, the Biden administration unveiled a suite of measures aimed at controlling methane emissions from oil and natural gas facilities. Key among those measures are new emissions controls proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under section 111 of the Clean Air Act.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Clean Air Act Regulations 2015

Republican House Bill Contains Natural Gas Industry Wish List Of Measures To Expand Natural Gas Drilling, Subsidize Pipeline Expansion, Automatically Approve Well Permits, Preempt Local Governments

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2022

Seth Grove (R-York) introduced House Bill 2444 that contains a natural gas industry wish list of measures they want to expand natural gas drilling, subsidize pipeline expansion using DCNR Oil and Gas Fund revenue, automatically approve of well permits and preempting local government regulation of all facilities regulated by DEP.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Government Regulations 2013

Much Ado About Not Much: West Virginia v. EPA

Acoel

JULY 5, 2022

EPA as a decision depriving EPA of an important tool to address climate change under the Clean Air Act. First Court did not eliminate the Agency’s ability to require greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions reductions under section 111 or any other section of the Clean Air Act. McKinstry, Jr.

Clean Air Act

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Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations

EPA Proposes Rejection of San Joaquin Valley Air District PM2.5 SIP Submittal

Webinars

Trending Sources

What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Webinars

EPA Releases White Paper For Comment On Reducing Climate Pollution From New Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation

EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

EPA Proposes Modifications to Oil & Gas Air Pollution Standards

Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations

French company to coordinate carbon capture project in Brazil

Climate groups call for funding withdrawal of TotalEnergies’ Mozambique project

Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa

Court orders 42 Ugandan families evicted to make way for oil project

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa

South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects

EPA Proposes New Power Plant Rule That Promises Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in the Coming Years

Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue Shell Chemical For Air Pollution Violations At Its Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

Shell’s reckless divestment from Niger Delta

Address Impact Of Operations In Niger Delta Before Selling SPDC – CSOs Tell Shell

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say

Shell faces shareholder rebellion over climate activist resolution

Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

Shell angers climate activists with plan for $23bn shareholder payout

Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game

The Car Rule and the Major Questions Doctrine

July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network

The EPA’s New Truck Rule Is a Modest Step When What Is Needed Is a Giant Leap

National Environmental Justice Art Campaign - We Refuse To Die - Launching In Pittsburgh Area

New Air Standards for Oil & Gas Industry May Force HAP Area Sources into Major Source Status

What Should EPA Do After Repealing the Clean Power Plan?

Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

U.S. Supreme Court v. EPA Climate Rule

EPA Proposal to Rescind Oil and Gas Methane Regulations Has Not Been Adequately Justified and Disregards Negative Climate Impacts

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.22.23 - Earth Day!

The Mystery of the Missing Stay Order

77 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Four Important Points About EPA’s Proposed Methane Emissions Controls for Oil and Natural Gas Facilities

Republican House Bill Contains Natural Gas Industry Wish List Of Measures To Expand Natural Gas Drilling, Subsidize Pipeline Expansion, Automatically Approve Well Permits, Preempt Local Governments

Much Ado About Not Much: West Virginia v. EPA

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