Natural Gas

EPA is facing criticism for rejecting co-firing coal with natural gas and biomass as strategies states must consider under its recently proposed “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) rule to limit power plant greenhouse gases, with sources arguing the agency is intentionally constraining itself from achieving meaningful GHG reductions from co-firing.

As the Trump administration moves to roll back and streamline agency requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), environmentalists are pursuing litigation against EPA that industry groups say could set a “negative precedent” expanding those requirements by barring EPA from using another agency's analysis.

STOWE, VT -- Oklahoma's top regulator says state officials are hoping Senate Republicans revise their bill limiting states' authority under Clean Water Act (CWA) section 401, seeking to ensure that it preserves current state authority to consider impacts of “activities” related to a project rather than simply “discharges.”

STOWE, VT -- State regulators are highlighting uncertainties surrounding reuse of “produced” wastewater from oil and gas drilling, including difficulties accurately assessing its contents, variability in samples, and liability issues, as EPA embarks on a “holistic study” of how federal, state and industry officials regulate or manage the reuse that is already occurring in some states.