Jan 18, 2018 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Today marks the date when oil and gas companies operating on federal lands would have had to begin taking specific steps to reduce methane waste under an Obama-era rule adopted by the Bureau of Land Management in late 2016. However, the new administration late last...
Dec 19, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
After defeats in court and in Congress, the Trump administration is now attempting to suspend for one year almost all of the requirements of its Methane Waste Prevention Rule that would reduce waste of publicly owned natural gas by oil and gas companies. Today,...
Dec 7, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Tomorrow, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management will finalize a one-year suspension of a regulation adopted just a year ago to reduce methane waste on public lands. This is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration and...
Oct 5, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Late yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge ruled the Trump administration’s indefinite suspension of key aspects of President Obama’s BLM methane waste rule this summer was “arbitrary and capricious.” The court ordered the Department of...
Oct 4, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Tomorrow, the Trump administration is expected to propose a new rule to delay implementation of the BLM methane rule that curbs waste and pollution from the oil and gas industry on public lands. The proposal would delay for a full year controls on venting, flaring,...
Jul 10, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
BLM rule delay defies Congress, harms taxpayers, public health, and environment The Trump administration has decided to indefinitely postpone a rule that requires oil and gas companies to minimize waste and fix leaks from oil and gas development on public land—a...
Jun 21, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Sec. Zinke provides conflicting information to court, Congress Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told the Senate Energy Committee the Trump administration will rewrite or rescind the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. The methane rule, which...
Jun 14, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
BLM rule delay defies Congress’ will, harms taxpayers, public health, environment Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to indefinitely delay implementation of key parts of the BLM methane waste rule beyond the original compliance date of...
May 10, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
In a close vote, the Senate chose today to protect taxpayers, public health, and the environment by preserving the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. Today’s vote reflects the will of the public, which launched a massive effort to keep the...
Feb 3, 2017 | News Release, Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules
Misguided ideological frenzy could claim innocent bystander In a close vote, the House of Representatives voted today to repeal a popular, common-sense Bureau of Management rule limiting methane waste by oil and gas companies on public and tribal lands. This was made...