The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) said it would “review and consider” an industry report’s claims that the agency has significantly overestimated methane emissions from natural gas well operations, particularly from unconventional wells using hydraulic fracturing. It contends, however, that its emissions estimates are based on the best data available.
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Murkowski Touts Alaska Gas to Japan, South Korean Ambassadors
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) pitched the U.S. ambassadors of Japan and South Korea on the benefits of importing natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope during a dinner at the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Washington, DC.
May 24, 2012
IPAA-Backed Study Says EPA Finding in Pavillion, WY, ‘Unsupported’
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) data and analysis did not support the conclusion linking water contamination in Pavillion, WY, to chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, according to a new analysis released Wednesday.
May 18, 2012
Wyoming Governor Asks EPA to Speed Up Test Well Responses
Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead wrote the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa Jackson, on Monday complaining that his state has yet to get a full response from EPA to questions it raised about the federal agency’s two test wells near Pavillion, WY.
January 19, 2012
Shell Moves Step Closer to Exploratory Drilling in Arctic Waters
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) lauded a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) environmental appeals board (EAB) to deny all challenges to clean air permits for Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Noble Discoverer drillship.
January 17, 2012
Shell Moves Step Closer to Exploratory Drilling in Arctic Waters
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) lauded a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) environmental appeals board (EAB) to deny all challenges to clean air permits for Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s Noble Discoverer drillship.
January 16, 2012
Republican Senators Try to Accelerate Keystone XL Pipe Project
With the prospect for thousands of construction and manufacturing jobs, legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday to speed up a final federal decision on the stalled C$7 billion, 1,700-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline proposed to run from Alberta, Canada to Gulf of Mexico (GOM) refineries in the United States.
December 2, 2011
Murkowski Welcomes EPA’s Revised Air Permits for Shell
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a proponent of drilling off the Alaska coast, Friday embraced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to release draft air quality permits for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells in Alaska’s Arctic waters.
July 5, 2011
Murkowski Welcomes EPA’s Revised Air Permits for Shell
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a proponent of drilling off the Alaska coast, on Friday embraced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to release draft air quality permits for Shell Oil to drill exploratory wells in Alaska’s Arctic waters.
July 4, 2011
Murkowski Seeks to Strip EPA Appeals Board of Veto Power Over Permits
If the Environmental Appeals Board’s authority to invalidate Environmental Protection Agency-approved permits is not checked, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said she would seek to transfer permitting authority back to the Interior Department.
June 20, 2011
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