August 25, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasCalifornia Assembly Approves Measure to Extend GHG Emissions Reduction Goals On Tuesday, the California Assembly passed Senate Bill 32 (SB 32), which would strengthen and extend California’s goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, it would require a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gases from 1990 levels by 2030, a codification of Governor Brown’s emission […]
August 10, 2016 | Category:
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mitchell chadwick llpNEPA Greenhouse Gas Guidance Released by CEQ This week, the White House Council on Environmental Quality released final guidance for Federal agencies intended to clarify when and how they conduct GHG analyses as part of National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) reviews. GHG guidance was first drafted in 2010, and revised in 2014. Previous draft versions […]
July 14, 2016 | Category:
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mitchell chadwick llpWhen Will Affordable Housing Advocates Push For More Supply, Fewer Rules? A Forbes magazine article highlighted what is perhaps the largest affordable housing solution that everyone should know, but no one talks about–especially here in California: If you increase the supply of something, the cost goes down. Hence, if home prices are too high, increase […]
June 22, 2016 | Category:
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mitchell chadwick llp Wyoming Judge To BLM: Hands Off Oil and Gas Development A federal judge in Wyoming struck down the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s fracking rule for federal and Indian lands, finding that BLM lacked congressional authority to issue the regulations. The Obama fracking rule added a permit requirement for hydraulic fracturing on BLM lands, […]
Lumber Liquidators Settle California Clean Air Action for $2.5M North America’s biggest specialty retailer of hardwood flooring, Lumber Liquidators, is paying $2.5 million to settle claims that some of its products violated California air-safety standards. The company faced allegations that it sold imported composite wood products that exceeded state formaldehyde limits and didn’t take enough […]
February 16, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gas Democratic Senator Calls for Application of Racketeering Laws to Oil Companies Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), pictured above, and a cadre of prominent lawyers are pushing for oil companies to be held liable under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), just as tobacco companies were in 2006. In 2006, and as affirmed […]
February 2, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasDepartment of Interior Releases Proposed Updates to Natural Gas Emissions Regulations The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) released proposed updates to natural gas emissions regulations for oil and gas operations on Native American and public lands on Friday. The proposal, which focuses on limiting flaring at oil wells and venting from gas storage tanks, […]
January 18, 2016 | Category:
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oil and gasCalifornia Energy Companies at Odds on Potential Use of Cap and Trade California energy companies are divided on the state’s plan to use its cap-and-trade program as its principle means of compliance with the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan (“CPP”). The federal plan will require California to reduce its power-sector emissions about 13% below 2012 […]
October 29, 2015 | Category:
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OzoneStates Challenge EPA’s New Ozone Standards Arizona, Arkansas, North Dakota, Oklahoma and New Mexico’s Environment Department join the petition for review filed by Murray Energy Corp., asking the D.C. Circuit Court to block the new national ground-level ozone standards. The EPA recently lowered the national ambient air quality standards for ground-level ozone from 75 ppb […]
EPA’s New Methane Rules on Oil and Gas Operations Spells Trouble for Industry The Rule: On August 18th, the U.S. EPA proposed rules that would require new and modified oil and natural gas operations to cut emissions of methane. The proposed rules would be part of a broader effort under President Obama’s Climate Action Plan […]
