EPA

The Stakes Are High For The EPA’s Newly Appointed Chemical Review Director
OPPT has not been doing its job appropriately, and while the issue may have accelerated without a director, it is a long-term — and nonpartisan — problem.
By | April 8, 2022 9:00 a.m.
Democratic Senators See Writing On The Wall After Supreme Court Hears EPA Case
By | March 2, 2022 1:05 p.m.
Bizarreness Of EPA Case Takes Center Stage As Larger Executive Branch Questions Shunted Aside
By | February 28, 2022 2:11 p.m.
SCOTUS Could Hamstring Federal Agencies’ Regulatory Power In A High-Profile Air Pollution Case
The decision to hear the case reflects a keen interest on the part of the court’s conservative majority in the government’s power to regulate – an issue with impacts that extend far beyond air pollution.
By | February 17, 2022 1:57 p.m.
Supreme Court This Supreme Court Case Could Make Or Break The Biden Presidency (And The Planet)
By | January 13, 2022 10:29 a.m.
Biden EPA Chief Pledges To Clean House After Trump Admin’s War On Science
By | March 25, 2021 8:14 a.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 22, 2018: A flag with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) logo flies at the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) ‘Sigh’: EPA Officials Were Flabbergasted By Trump’s Toilet Rant
By | February 27, 2020 4:36 p.m.
Even A Mostly Trump-Appointed Advisory Board Disagrees With Admin’s EPA Proposals
By | January 2, 2020 8:31 a.m.
Trump’s Friday Grievances: Light Bulbs That Make Him Look Orange And Toilets That Don’t Flush
By | December 6, 2019 4:32 p.m.
Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which is odorless when it comes directly out of the gas well. In addition to methane, natural gas typically contains other hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, butane, and pentanes. Raw natural gas may also contain water vapor, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon dioxide, helium, nitrogen, and other compounds. (Source: www.earthworksaction.org). As of July 2014, roughly 30 percent of the one billion cubic feet per day of natural gas produced in North Dakota was being wasted in flares like this, according to the news site Breaking Energy. The reasons are low price on LNG (liquefied natural gas) , lax regulations and lack of infrastructure. In order to put an end to the flaring, North Dakota have adopted new regulations, and the goal is to capture 95 percent of the gas by 2020. On August 18th 2015, EPA announced that the oil and gas sector will have to cut their methane emissions by 40 to 45 percent within the next decade. Methane is a shortlived greenhouse gas compared to CO2, but is 72 times more damaging. That Trump EPA To Get Rid Of Key Regulation On Methane Emissions
By | August 29, 2019 10:38 a.m.
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