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Today, US EPA proposed a rule to roll back the Obama Administration's rule to control methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") finalized the Clean Power Plan in August of last year.

The White House announced its new plan to cut methane emissions, the tenants of which could have far reaching implications for the oil and gas industry.

The complaint here is similar to, but broader than, others of its ilk. As we noted previously, at least one federal court has already held that there is no public trust in the atmosphere.

On January 18, 2011, the California Air Resources Board ("ARB") announced two settlements totaling $460,256 for violations of the State’s Consumer Product volatile organic compound ("VOC") regulations

On July 10, 2024, a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit by the City of Baltimore against 25 fossil fuel manufacturers seeking to hold them liable...

I've written previously about the urgency associated with the problems caused by waste plastic. However, there's a big difference between me blogging about it and Michael Bloomberg opening his wallet...

In the latest chapter of a story that has more twists than a Hitchcock movie, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated EPA’s administrative stay of the industrial boiler MACT and solid waste incinerator NSPS rules, making them effective immediately.

The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission has formally adopted its "Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Phase 1 Regulations."

Last week, the Boston City Council approved amendments to the Building Energy Reporting and Disclosure Ordinance. The changes are being referred to as "BERDO 2.0", which almost understates the scope of the revisions.

On October 20, 2011, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved the final regulation for the California cap-and-trade program authorized by California's Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).

Yesterday evening, after more than ten hours of testimony and debate (including an impromptu appearance by Governor Schwarzenegger), the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) on June 25, 2020, unanimously approved the "Advanced Clean Trucks" rule...

As previously posted, in a landmark legal challenge, a coalition led by prominent business federations is challenging California's pioneering climate disclosure laws...

On April 27, 2023, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") approved a first-in-the-nation regulation that limits the emission of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule yesterday that would exempt carbon dioxide injected into underground carbon capture & storage (CCS) wells from regulation as hazardous waste, so long as the CO2 is held in wells designated for that purpose under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Last week, ConocoPhillips announced a goal of reducing its emissions to net-zero by 2045-2055. It's a significant step and so it is important to note both what is in the plan and what is not.