Methane Emissions – Page 2 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Global and US Methane Emissions Reduction Progress

Jody Freeman, Carrie Jenks, and guests discuss international and domestic efforts to reduce methane emissions.

December 28, 2023

Regulatory Tracker

The Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide)

The “social cost of greenhouse gases (SC-GHGs)” (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide) quantifies the net harm to society of adding one ton of emissions of each of these GHGs in a year. SC-GHGs provides a range of dollar estimates that can be used to incorporate the social benefits of reducing emissions into cost-benefit analyses.

December 22, 2023

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Final Methane Rule — Incorporating Advanced Technologies and Emissions Data to Reduce Methane Emissions from the Oil and Natural Gas Sector

An outline of key provisions and predicted costs and benefits of the final rule.

December 14, 2023

Regulatory Tracker

Paris Climate Agreement

President Biden formally accepted the Paris Agreement and the United States rejoined the global treaty in February 2021.

December 13, 2023

Quick Takes

Super Emitter Program: Leveraging Third-party Expertise to Find Large Emission Events

December 6, 2023

Quick Takes

EPA Methane Rulemaking Timeline

December 5, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — EPA’s supplemental methane proposal and the use of advanced technologies with Carrie Jenks, Kyle Danish, and Dan Zimmerle

A discussion about EPA’s recently released supplemental proposal to reduce methane emissions from the oil and natural gas sector.

January 5, 2023

Legal Analysis

BLM’s Proposed Methane Waste Prevention Rule Summary

An overview of the proposed rule, including the legal developments that have shaped the proposal and key changes from prior administrations’ waste prevention rules.

January 4, 2023

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Supplemental Methane Proposal — A Comprehensive Regulatory Framework to Encourage Use of Advanced Technologies and Significantly Reduce Methane Emissions

Examining EPA Supplemental methane proposal’s approaches to enabling the timely deployment of rapidly advancing technologies that can lead to greater emission reductions by detecting the larger events that are a significant portion of the sector’s methane emissions.

November 21, 2022