Methane

December 19, 2017 | Legal Document

BLM Methane Rule Suspension Complaint

This case challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final decision,
82 Fed. Reg. 58,050 (Dec. 8, 2017) (Amendment), to amend the compliance deadlines for the
majority of the requirements of its Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource
Conservation Rule (Waste Prevention Rule or Rule). 81 Fed. Reg. 83,008 (Nov. 18, 2016). The
Amendment unlawfully pushes the compliance deadlines one year into the future while BLM
considers other changes to the Waste Prevention Rule.

October 9, 2017 | In the News: The Daily Sentinel

Methane Ruling Leaves Industry In Limbo While Feds Try To Revise Rule

Robin Cooley, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice: “The ruling is significant just in the sense that the court confirmed that the Trump administration can’t cut the public out of the process.”

October 4, 2017 | Press Release: Victory

U.S. District Court Orders Obama-Era Rule Preventing Natural Gas Waste on Public Lands to be Reinstated

Judge says Trump administration illegally suspended rule without necessary public comment

October 4, 2017 | Legal Document

Court Judgment: Trump Administration Illegally Suspended Rule Preventing Waste of Publicly-owned Natural Gas on Public and Tribal Lands

The Court FINDS and DECLARES that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 551 et seq., when it issued a notice on June 15, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 27,430) (the “Postponement Notice”) postponing the compliance date for certain provisions of the Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule (81 Fed. Reg. 83,008) after the rule had already gone into effect. The Court hereby VACATES the Postponement Notice and ORDERS Defendants to immediately reinstate the Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule in its entirety.

October 4, 2017 | Legal Document

Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motions For Summary Judgment

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rules that the Trump administration illegally suspended the Obama-era rule preventing waste of publicly-owned natural gas on public and tribal lands.

September 21, 2017 | Blog Post

Conozca a Joel Minor, el hijo de un obrero petrolero, ahora está enfrentando a las industrias de gas y petróleo

Casi llegando a las Montañas Rocosas, plataformas y campos petroleros rodean la ciudad de Lafayette, Colorado. Aquí la contaminación ambiental ha elevado los casos de asma y enfermedades respiratorias por encima del promedio regional. Aquí creció Joel Minor, abogado de Earthjustice.

September 18, 2017 | Blog Post

Meet Joel Minor: Son of an Oilfield Worker Who Is Taking on the Oil and Gas Industry

In just two years at Earthjustice, attorney Joel Minor has helped score major victories against the oil and gas industry.

July 27, 2017 | Legal Document

Motion for Summary Judgment: BLM Methane Waste Rule Stay

Filed in the Northern District of California, challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s use of Administrative Procedure Act section 705 to stay implementation of the BLM methane waste rule.

July 16, 2017 | In the News: The Daily Sentinel

Arch Coal At Crossroads In Review

Looking every bit as comfortable in hiking gear as he might be in courtroom attire, attorney Ted Zukoski of the conservation group Earthjustice led a group of environmentalists deep into the Gunnison National Forest east of Paonia on a sunny late-June day.

July 10, 2017 | Legal Document

Complaint For Declaratory And Injunctive Relief: BLM Methane &Waste Prevention Rule

This case challenges the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to stay compliance deadlines for certain provisions of its Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule, 81 Fed. Reg. 83,008 (Nov. 18, 2016), which has been in effect since January 17, 2017. See 82 Fed. Reg. 27,430 (June 15, 2017). BLM’s June 15, 2017 stay violates the Administrative Procedure Act. 5 U.S.C. §§ 553, 705, 706(2)(A). The stay harms Plaintiffs and other members of the public by reducing royalty payments and allowing waste of public natural gas resources and excessive air pollution that would otherwise be controlled under the Rule.

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