Emissions

Two strong supporters in the U.S. Senate for natural gas use as a transportation fuel and major gas industry executives have joined forces to promote a legislative proposal giving liquefied natural gas (LNG) parity with other fuels, such as diesel, when used in marine transportation on inland U.S. waterways.

An appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plans to limit mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants may remain in place as the agency works to bring the proposed regulation in line with a previous U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

After two weeks of negotiations in Paris, representatives of nearly 200 nations, including the United States, India and China, entered into an agreement to reduce global carbon emissions.

A new study focused on the Barnett Shale in Texas shows methane emissions from oil/natural gas operations are 90% higher than data in the baseline inventory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to the study’s sponsor, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) said the potential costs of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plan to limit methane emitted by the oil and gas industry would outweigh the benefits.

While raising use of natural gas by phasing out coal-fired power stations, Canada’s chief supplier province is also singling out the cleaner fuel’s production practices for environmental action.

A draft update to New Jersey’s 2011 Energy Master Plan (EMP) credits natural gas with helping to drive down the state’s energy costs.

Investment in new natural gas-fired electric generation will be a “key compliance strategy” under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP), according to an analysis published by Black & Veatch Insights Group.

As President Obama attends an international summit on climate change in Paris, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) accused the president of ignoring “America’s oil and natural gas renaissance,” and said he should do more to promote hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and natural gas development around the world.