2009 Law Methane Pollution 
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
But his wife began experiencing nausea and skin blotches, and testing showed that the Ely’s water was contaminated with methane, according to the grand jury investigation. A water well of another Dimock resident, Norma Fiorentino, exploded in January 2009. When Ely held a lighter up to a jug containing his tap water, it lit on fire.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 29, 2022
Properly plugging and abandoning oil and gas wells is vital to protect the environment and stop methane leaks – but for decades, oil operators have often slipped away without paying to clean up, leaving millions of deteriorating abandoned wells across the U.S. and regulators in different drilling regions face different issues.
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DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 16, 2022
A recently published chapter of the Harvard Law Review argues that “While utility companies have been building and profiting off fossil fuels without internalizing the down-stream consequences and costs for decades, their regulators—state agency leaders—have approved their actions at every step of the way.”.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 15, 2021
In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. The Railroad Commission would not confirm this.
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 15, 2021
In October, she invited a university researcher onto the property and discovered that several wells were leaking methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. This increases the risk of methane seeping into the air and oil migrating into the surrounding groundwater. The Railroad Commission would not confirm this.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Black and Hispanic Americans are exposed to 63 percent and 56 percent more pollution than they create. The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 was the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Obama. Our history of redlining has left low-income and minority communities dangerously exposed to extreme heat.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 31, 2023
Climate Lawsuits Historical evidence of what oil majors knew about climate change is taking on new significance in the courtroom as lawyers seek to hold big polluters to account for the accelerating devastation caused by the climate crisis. based Center for International Environmental Law has reported.
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