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. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed this past November set aside $4.7

Pollution 98

Pollution Building Energy Monitoring Methane Home Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

In 2015, the NPPC, which claims only 3 percent of pig farmers as members, joined NCBA in lobbying to repeal a law that went into effect in 2013 allowing beef and pork producers to put “Made in the USA” labels on their product. It’s your own Checkoff working against [you],” Meyer told DeSmog.

Agriculture 95

Agriculture Fossil fuels Methane Sustainability 95

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.

Methane 98

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

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.

Methane 89

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 89

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“This is a meritless case, and we await the court’s decision,” said Nick Paulocci, director of public affairs and press secretary of the NYC Law Department. It’s unclear how much of that total is invested in coal, oil, or methane gas. Census Bureau, there are more than 4500 public pension systems in the United States, with close to $5.5

Fossil fuels 118

Fossil fuels Law Climate change Investment 118

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

“Even the advocates of direct air capture technology acknowledge that they don’t anticipate that it would be at a scale to make any meaningful reduction in atmospheric CO2 levels until 2060, 2070 and beyond,” said Carroll Muffett, president of the environmental law nonprofit Center for International Environmental Law.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Carbon Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 98

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some of these cases have been brought under consumer fraud or protection laws that penalise companies for misrepresenting their products to the public. “The increase in CO2 and methane has corresponded with increasing industrialisation, use of fossil fuels, intensification of agriculture and deforestation. The Washington D.C.-based

Fossil fuels 144

Fossil fuels Climate change Pollution Ozone 144

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Boasting a capacity of over eight million tonnes of CO2 per year following a 2012 expansion, the $1.1 The plant would also solve the problem posed by a Canadian law passed in 2012, which mandated that all 50-year and older coal power stations be shut down unless they had a carbon capture retrofit.

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 145

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And going further back than that, he was among the Tory rebels who pushed for the government to stop backing onshore wind in 2012. An undercover investigation by Greenpeace in 2012 caught him boasting that he was working to write opposition to wind energy “into the DNA of the Tory Party” and campaign against the UK’s climate goals.

Climate change 91

Climate change Fossil fuels Government Policy 91

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

President Biden signed historic climate legislation into law in August, but more action will be necessary to hit climate targets. March, 2012. With global methane gas prices spiking, building new gas-fired power plants would also create new economic risks. It is considering building new power plants that will burn gas.

Fossil fuels 93

Fossil fuels Energy Energy Methane 93

Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 25, 2021

Its self-help projects, which include reducing methane leaks and improving energy efficiency, would have amounted to a reduction of 11 million metric tons per year—less than 10% of Exxon’s current direct emissions. Trump signed it into law. That likely helped persuade Exxon to be more ambitious about LaBarge.

Carbon-negative 78

Carbon-negative Carbon Fossil fuels Technology 78

Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

When InvestigateWest launched the Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia series in January 2021, the latest official data showed that emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases had risen steadily from 2012 to 2018, and the region wasn’t on track to make big cuts this decade. “We Stepping off the gas.

Fossil fuels 78

Fossil fuels Natural gas Policy Law 78

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 30, 2021

The update was sparked by decades old changes in drilling technology already used in an area that gained notoriety for having one of the largest methane hot spots on the planet — because of leaking oil and gas wells. Under federal law, agencies are required to conduct tribal consultation on projects and plans like this one.

Methane 52

Methane Health Government Technology 52

Charged

MAY 18, 2021

To get an idea of how the process of reinvigorating US emissions and fuel economy standards is likely to proceed, Charged spoke with Margo Oge, who served as the Director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality from 1994 to 2012. We used our existing laws to set standards that were complementary.

Pollution 57

Pollution Law Climate change Europe 57

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2024

A report from Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law identified nearly 230 local measures across 35 states that have been enacted to restrict renewable energy development. Certain names also pop up over and over—many of them tied to a 2012 anti-wind confab in Washington, DC. One of those names is John Droz.

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Energy Energy Construction 145

Business Green

AUGUST 8, 2022

Barring any late Congressional dramas, President Joe Biden could sign the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law before the week is out, triggering a multi-billion dollar green investment bonanza that promises to drastically accelerate US emissions reduction efforts. The US is set to get its first ever carbon equivalent tax - on methane.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Methane Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 36