Senator Whitehouse and Representative Khanna have reintroduced the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act, a bill that would provide relief to Americans struggling with price gouging by fossil fuel companies. This type of legislation has wide and bipartisan support amongst voters and Congress should work swiftly to pass it and send it to President Biden to sign.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The public comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed supplemental rule aimed at cutting methane and other emissions from the oil and gas sector ends today.
EAST PALESTINE, OH -- Late Friday evening, a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying five cars containing millions of pounds of vinyl chloride -- a potent carcinogen used to make PVC pipes, upholstery, plastic kitchenware, and more -- derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, prompting thousands of residents within a two-mile radius to evacuate. Exposure to vinyl chloride is linked to liver cancer and when burned, vinyl chloride produces acutely toxic gases including hydrochloric acid and phosgene.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding public hearings on a new draft rule aimed at cutting methane and other emissions from the oil and gas sector. Hearings start today and will run through January 12. The agency will hear from people across the country urging it to further strengthen the draft rule, which was released late last year, and quickly finalize and implement it so communities can realize its emission reduction benefits as soon as possible.
The White House selected Commissioner Willie Phillips to be the Acting Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the nation’s independent energy regulator. Strong leadership at FERC, as well as a fifth commissioner, is crucial to advance climate and energy reliability issues and avoid gridlock.
In a victory for frontline communities, Senator Joe Manchin’s permitting bill was blocked from being added to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This is the third time Congress has failed to attach the proposal to must-pass legislation.
Despite clear evidence that liquified methane gas (LNG) exports are harmful to domestic energy consumers and are disastrous for frontline communities and the climate, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Commonwealth LNG export terminal, the first such certification in 2.5 years.
Today, in advance of President Biden on the world stage at COP27 Climate Conference, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a supplemental rule proposal that would establish strong, commonsense protections against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH -- This morning at COP27, Climate Action Tracker released a new analysis that found that the carbon emissions from all under-construction, approved, and proposed Liquefied Methane (“natural”) Gas (LNG) projects between 2021-2050 will use up 10 percent of the remaining carbon budget, dramatically overshooting the emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Vice President Kamala Harris was in Boston yesterday to highlight a new $13 billion investment