A coalition of 20 states and four municipalities sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday over its rollback of methane emissions standards for oil and gas production. Last month, the EPA formally rescinded Obama-era standards that regulate methane emissions from oil and gas production, processing, transmission and storage. It also rolled back requirements for… Continue reading 20 States Sue EPA Over Methane Emissions Standards Rollback
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EPA to Rescind Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to adopt new rules that would rescind regulations for methane-gas emissions, including ending requirements that oil-and-gas producers have systems and procedures to detect methane leaks in their systems, senior administration officials said. The rule changes will apply to wells drilled since 2016 and going forward, and remove the largest… Continue reading EPA to Rescind Methane Regulations for Oil and Gas
U.S. Government Says Verdict in Bayer’s Roundup Case Should Be Reversed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department said a federal appeals court should reverse a lower court verdict finding Bayer AG liable in the case of a California man who blamed its Roundup weed killer for his cancer. The government said in a friend of the court brief filed on Friday that glyphosate,… Continue reading U.S. Government Says Verdict in Bayer’s Roundup Case Should Be Reversed
Agency Says Climate Change Imperils 60% of Superfund Sites
At least 60% of U.S. Superfund sites are in areas vulnerable to flooding or other worsening disasters of climate change, and the Trump administration’s reluctance to directly acknowledge global warming is deterring efforts to safeguard them, a congressional watchdog agency says. In a report issued on Monday, the Government Accountability Office called on Environmental Protection… Continue reading Agency Says Climate Change Imperils 60% of Superfund Sites
Trump Administration Issues Looser Emissions Standard
The Trump administration formally unveiled a new standard that loosens emissions rules for vehicles sold in the U.S. and moved to strip California’s ability to set its own tougher requirements, steps officials said will give drivers access to cheaper, safer cars. Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department said Thursday they issued… Continue reading Trump Administration Issues Looser Emissions Standard
EPA to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations on Clean Water
President Donald Trump ’s administration is announcing plans to undo an Obama-era policy that expanded federal oversight of the country’s waterways, while leaving further changes to clean-water rules up to a later overhaul. The decision, expected to be announced by the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday afternoon, is the latest lurch toward new clean-water regulations after… Continue reading EPA to Roll Back Obama-Era Regulations on Clean Water
EPA Won’t Approve Warning Labels for Roundup Chemical
The Trump administration says it won’t approve warning labels for products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed at California as it fights one of the world’s largest agriculture companies about the potentially cancer-causing chemical. California requires warning labels on glyphosate products — widely known as the weed killer Roundup — because the International Agency for… Continue reading EPA Won’t Approve Warning Labels for Roundup Chemical
EPA Overturns Obama Climate Rules for Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency overturned Obama-era climate rules for power plants, vastly limiting the agency’s ability to mandate tougher greenhouse-gas-emission rules that could force older coal- and gas-fired plants to close. It is one of the most significant steps yet by the Trump administration to roll back climate policy, eliminating rules designed to force an… Continue reading EPA Overturns Obama Climate Rules for Power Plants
EPA to Roll Back Obama-Era Methane Rules
The Trump administration is about to propose its latest rollback of Obama-era climate rules, moving to ease requirements for oil and gas companies that were designed to limit leaks of the heat-trapping gas methane, administration officials said. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to release on Wednesday a proposal that would make it easier for… Continue reading EPA to Roll Back Obama-Era Methane Rules