Law and Environment
JANUARY 9, 2024
Last week, the 9 th Circuit voted against rehearing en banc its decision from last April finding the City of Berkeley’s ban on natural gas connections in new construction to be preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Judge Friedland, joined by seven other judges (and three senior judges!)
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Reliance on fossil natural gas and the slow adoption of renewable energy contributed to electricity bills in New England in the first nine months of 2022 that are $5 billion higher than the prior year. The boom in gas production got us into this situation. When gas production grew. Prices elsewhere in the country doubled.
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Law and Environment
APRIL 18, 2023
On Monday, the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Berkeley ordinance entitled “Prohibition of Natural Gas Infrastructure in New Buildings” was preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The post Berkeley’s Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction is Preempted: What Will Happen to Other Local Bans?
Corp Watch
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
How the natural gas industry cozies up to utility regulators Grist PaulaR Tue, 11/07/2023 - 20:31 Monday, March 27, 2023 Read more Emily Pontecorvo Sponsorships, stacked panels, dance parties: Inside utilities' campaign to convince regulators of the bright future for natural gas.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 13, 2024
On March 13, 2024, the US Energy Information Administration posted an article describing how winter storms disrupt US natural gas production. natural gas production by more than 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to daily estimates from S&P Global Commodity Insights.
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 17, 2023
On October 17, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held an informational briefing on Project Canary , a company that measures, analyzes and reports on methane emissions from natural gas production and distribution infrastructure.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 31, 2023
The Public Utility Commission published notice in the April 1 PA Bulletin it has denied a petition by conventional oil and gas drillers to reconsider regulation of Class One natural gas gathering pipelines.
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