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EPA Moves to Regulate Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
2016-05-20 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The Obama administration announced new rules on Thursday aimed at cutting methane emissions from new oil and gas wells and fracking operations. The rules also will require energy companies to provide pollution information to the Environmental Protection Agency so it can regulate methane emissions from existing oil and gas wells. Oil wells in California. Methane warms the climate 86 times as much as carbon dioxide over a period of 20 years before breaking down in the atmosphere. Methane leaking...
05.25.16 -- House Passes LNG Exports Provisions; API Blasts 'Unreasonable' Methane Rules
2016-05-17 16:56:10| oilandgasonline Home Page
05/25/16 Oil and Gas Online Newsletter
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EPA Releases First-Ever Standards To Cut Methane Emissions From The Oil And Gas Sector
2016-05-16 05:49:03| pollutiononline News Articles
As a further step in the Obama Administration’s commitment to take action on climate change and protect public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing comprehensive steps to address methane emissions from both new and existing sources in the oil and gas sector
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API: Administration's Unreasonable Methane Rules Could Put Shale Energy Revolution At Risk
2016-05-16 03:51:05| oilandgasonline Home Page
Costly new regulations on methane emissions the Obama administration announced Thursday could harm America’s shale energy revolution that has lowered U.S. carbon emissions, lowered costs for American consumers by more than $550 at the pump in 2015, and added $1,337 in disposable income per household in 2015, said API Vice President of Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower.
EPA Finalizes Methane Emissions Rules
2016-05-13 15:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Following President Obama`s promise to cut toxic methane leaks at oil and gas facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced the U.S. government`s "first-ever" set of standards to reduce such emissions--but the new regulations were decried by environmentalist critics as not far-reaching enough. "EPA`s methane regulations are a welcome first step, but contain too many loopholes to be a comprehensive check on industry recklessness," warned Greenpeace researcher...
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