Methane

February 24, 2019 | In the News: San Francisco Chronicle

Judge OKs Settlement From Nation's Largest Natural Gas Leak

Nina Robertson, Attorney, California Office, Earthjustice: "They get to count methane reduction that was already happening on the public dime."

January 4, 2019 | From the Experts

We Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Gas Company’s Lobbying

Families in some parts of California are footing the bill for a multi-million dollar lobbying effort to stop California’s clean energy progress.

October 25, 2018 | Article

The Lessons We Didn’t Learn from the Largest Gas Leak in U.S. History

Three years after the Aliso Canyon leak, agencies and underground gas storage operators are still failing to regulate and share information about the toxic pollutants in stored gas.

October 1, 2018 | Press Release

Conservation and Tribal Citizen Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Rescission of BLM Waste Prevention Rule

Rollback of protections wastes taxpayer-owned resources, endangers public health, and gravely impacts climate change

September 28, 2018 | Legal Document

Complaint: BLM Methane Rule Rescission

This case challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s final rule, 83 Fed. Reg. 49,184, rescinding almost all provisions of the Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule, 81 Fed. Reg. 83,008. The Rescission Rule unlawfully revokes reasonable protections designed to limit waste of natural gas by oil and gas companies on federal public and Indian lands resulting from venting, flaring (burning gas without capturing its energy), and equipment leaks.

September 20, 2018 | In the News: Popular Science

The Government Just Made It Easier For Oil Companies To Leak Methane On Public Land

Robin Cooley, Attorney, Rocky Mountain Office, Earthjustice: "We're at a time when the dangers of climate change are ever more clear. This administration is just being dangerous and irresponsible by rolling back climate change regulations."

September 19, 2018 | In the News: KUER