Methane

The Latest On: Methane

April 20, 2017 | Press Release

Trump Administration Delays Commonsense, Cost Effective Methane Pollution Standard

“EPA is demonstrating that it cares more about polluters than public health”

February 3, 2017 | Press Release

Anti-Environment Extremists Vote Against Clean Air, Measure Heads to Senate

Undoing limits on wasteful methane pollution would speed climate change, harm public health

January 27, 2017 | Press Release

Earthjustice Condemns Congressional Backdoor Attack on Clean Air and Water

Republican leaders turn to eviscerating public safeguards as an early priority of 2017

January 17, 2017 | Press Release: Victory

Federal Court Rejects Challenge to BLM Standards on Natural Gas Waste

Decision to reject industry and states’ motion for a preliminary injunctions is a big win for taxpayers and our environment

January 16, 2017 | Legal Document

Legal Document: Federal Court Rejects Challenge to BLM Standards on Natural Gas Waste

U.S. District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl refuses to delay Bureau of Land Management standards requiring oil and gas companies to prevent natural gas waste from drilling operations on public lands.

December 5, 2016 | Press Release

Public Health and Environmental Groups Move to Defend Standards to Reduce Waste of Natural Gas on Public Lands

Groups seek to join lawsuit to oppose challenges to the standards

November 15, 2016 | Press Release

Earthjustice Responds To New Protections From Oil and Gas Air Pollution

Wasteful gas flaring and leaks burn up a public resource and unnecessarily increase air pollution

August 1, 2016 | Press Release

Texas Files Lawsuits Against Vital Public Health Protections from Methane Emissions

Earthjustice and allied groups: "We look forward to vigorously defending the standards in court.”

May 13, 2016 | Feature

Fixing The Leaky Oil & Gas Industry

Too many communities have been left to deal with fallouts from an aging, failure-prone fossil fuel infrastructure network. One such disaster occurred at the Aliso Canyon gas storage facility near the Southern California community of Porter Ranch.

May 13, 2016 | Artículo

Feds Should Close Loopholes, Tighten Enforcement in Methane Rule

Controlling methane emissions is a critical step toward addressing climate change, and more stringent regulations for the oil and gas industry would be a good start for public lands, taxpayers and the planet. (Spanish language version available.)

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