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FRESH, October 4, 2022: Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Emerges as Political Flashpoint

Circle of Blue

Indiana regulates the underground storage of carbon dioxide. Wisconsin ’s environment agency once again begins drafting rules to limit PFAS pollution. . In central Illinois , residents are reluctant to make way for an underground carbon dioxide pipeline. CO2 STORAGE: Indiana Gov. Environmental Protection Agency.

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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

Oil and natural gas operations are the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, a climate “super pollutant” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today. Read more here.]

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2021-2022 California Environmental Legislation: What’s Been Enacted?

Legal Planet

To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Ecological Conservation.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Among the arguments rejected by the court was the contention that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency erred by failing to consider the effects of climate change in its analysis of whether the project would violate state water quality standards. Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co. , 19-1818 (1st Cir.).

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. CEI also sought email correspondence between the two officials and people at the Natural Resources Defense Council or World Wildlife Fund. In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. 17-2780, 17-2806 (2d Cir.

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