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CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — Carrie Jenks and Kate Konschnik Talk about EPA’s Proposed Methane Rules

In this episode, our executive director Carrie Jenks speaks with Kate Konschnik of Duke University about EPA’s recently proposed methane rules for new and existing oil and natural gas sources. […]

December 15, 2021

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Methane Proposal for the Oil and Gas Sector – A Strong Foundation to Reduce Methane Emissions and Regulatory Path for More

Key areas on which stakeholders may want to provide EPA comment to support a final rule that achieves significant emission reductions through the deployment of cost-effective technologies and approaches.

November 16, 2021

Legal Analysis

Weighing the Risks of Using the CRA to Restore EPA’s Methane Standards

Legal challenges are unlikely to succeed but do present a serious risk that policymakers should weigh against the CRA’s potential expediency.

October 22, 2020

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Final Methane Emissions Rules Roll Back Standards and Statutory Authority

The rules lift emissions standards for broad segments of the industry and will result in a significant increase in expected methane, VOC, and HAP emissions in the coming years.

September 9, 2020

Legal Analysis

When industry support for stricter regulation is good business: Considering the car rules and methane standards

Since President Trump’s election, his administration has engaged in an aggressive rollback of environmental regulations promulgated during the Obama administration.[1] These reforms have been animated in part by a desire […]

April 14, 2020

EELP News

Op-Ed: So You Say You Support Methane Regulation? Here’s How To Take Action

As published in the Houston Chronicle. Kudos to BP America for company chairman and president Susan Dio’s bold call on these pages for the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate methane, […]

April 5, 2019