From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): The Supreme Court’s decision regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate carbon dioxide pollution from power plants was disappointing, but it does not affect the EPA’s soon-to-be-proposed standards for reducing methane … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The Trump administration is trying to delay, weaken and repeal the critical Methane Pollution Rule. This life-saving rule would reduce methane pollution – a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide – from … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/01/green-groups-celebrate-court-orders-epa-reinstate-obama-era-methane-rule Published on Tuesday, August 01, 2017 by Common Dreams “Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt’s attempt to delay the implementation of these crucial protections had no basis in law.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer An 11-judge federal appeals … Continued
We can’t let oil and gas companies continue to pollute unchecked. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized pollution standards for methane, one of the most potent heat-trapping emissions and a contributor to climate change. But now EPA Administrator … Continued