Today, the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency announced $850 million in funding to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry through the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP). The awards are for projects led by agencies, tribes, states, communities, and industry to track and mitigate methane leaks.
Kingston, Tennessee — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority today for failing to consider cleaner and more cost-effective power options before deciding to build a new polluting methane gas plant at its Kingston location, the site of the largest industrial s
In a major win for climate and public health, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied yesterday an effort by the oil and gas industry and its political supporters to suspend critical EPA protections against methane pollution while the court considers legal challenges to the rule. Sierra Club and its allies submitted multiple briefings opposing these legal attacks, which a three-judge panel rejected with no noted dissents. This means that EPA’s badly-needed standards will remain in effect while the litigation proceeds in court.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency opened the rulemaking for its Waste Emissions Charge regulation, designed to achieve important methane pollution reductions from the oil and gas industry as quickly as possible. The charge is a component of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program established through the Inflation Reduction Act. The announcement will now kick off a 60-day comment period.
No state produces more oil and gas than Texas, which released more than 564 billion cubic feet of methane in 2019 alone. Thus, the federal rules could have more impact on Texas than any other state.
Washington, DC -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final Clean Air Act protections against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry, a major win for climate and public health. These safeguards strengthen standards for new equipment and also include the first-ever standards for existing equipment, which has been a major priority for the Sierra Club.
Washington, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final, critical Clean Air Act protections against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry, a major win for climate and public health. These safeguards—which include the first-ever standards for existing equipment while also strengthening standards for new equipment—have been a major priority for Sierra Club and its allies, and are the culmination of years of advocacy by and on behalf of our members, families, and communities.
Georgia Power filed a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to build 30% more methane gas and oil beyond what the utility originally projected in last year’s integrated resource plan (IRP).
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Groups involved in the North Carolina Utilities Commission proceeding to develop a new state plan for reducing heat-trapping carbon pollution from electricity generation—known as the Carbon Plan—reacted to a proposed plan by Duke Energy.
Today, more than 40 environmental, government, public health and justice groups sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging swift action to control methane and other harmful pollutants from municipal solid waste landfills.
Cameron Parish, LA - Yesterday evening, Sierra Club, on behalf of itself and Center for Biological Diversity, Healthy Gulf, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approving another methane gas expor