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Policy News: July 12, 2021

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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – Request for Interest in Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf. Justice Department – Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Oil Pollution Act.

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

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House: The full House of Representatives voted to overturn a Trump administration rule that stopped the EPA from directly regulating methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. This measure effectively restores Obama-era methane regulations, which could eliminate emissions of 400,000 tons of methane through 2030.

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