The Chesapeake Bay, long plagued by pollution from development across its 64,000-square-mile watershed, is showing “some encouraging signs of improvement,” but is still “dangerously out of balance” and needs to be protected from a variety of threats, including natural gas drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) “2010 State of the Bay” report.
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ConocoPhillips has agreed to install pollution control equipment and implement other emission-reduction practices to reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas at its Argenta and Sunnyside compressor stations on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the San Juan Basin near Ignacio, CO, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said. Under a settlement agreement with EPA, ConocoPhillips agreed to pay $175,000 in civil penalties. According to a complaint filed with the settlement, the producer allegedly violated provisions of its air emissions permit under Title V of the Clean Air Act. EPA said ConocoPhillips had cooperated in resolving the violations.
Industry Brief
ConocoPhillips has agreed to install pollution control equipment and implement other emission-reduction practices to reduce harmful emissions and conserve natural gas at its Argenta and Sunnyside compressor stations on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in the San Juan Basin near Ignacio, CO, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said. Under a settlement agreement with EPA, ConocoPhillips agreed to pay $175,000 in civil penalties. According to a complaint filed with the settlement, the producer allegedly violated provisions of its air emissions permit under Title V of the Clean Air Act. EPA said ConocoPhillips had cooperated in resolving the violations.
White House to Review EPA Endangerment Finding
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Friday submitted its greenhouse gas (GHG) endangerment finding — that GHG emissions contribute to air pollution and may endanger public health — to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for interagency review, an agency spokeswoman said.
California Climate Fees on Gas Stir Confusion
A section of California’s global climate change law (AB 32) empowers state air pollution regulators to charge fees on providers of fuels that contribute to the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But it is still unclear how officials intend to collect an estimated $54 million in fees during the next three years. Natural gas and electric utilities are confounded with the user-fee approach to paying for the six-year implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
California Climate Change Administrative Fees Stir Confusion
A section of California’s global climate change law (AB 32) empowers state air pollution regulators to charge fees on providers of fuels that contribute to the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But it is still unclear how officials intend to collect an estimated $54 million in fees during the next three years. Natural gas and electric utilities are confounded with the user-fee approach to paying for the six-year implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
California Adopts Nation’s First Low-Carbon Fuel Rule
California air pollution regulators last Thursday adopted a regulation for a low-carbon fuel standard as called for two years ago in an executive order from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The standard calls for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the state’s transportation fuels by 10% by 2020.
California Adopts Nation’s First Low-Carbon Fuel Rule
California air pollution regulators Thursday adopted a regulation for a low-carbon fuel standard as called for two years ago in an executive order from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The standard calls for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the state’s transportation fuels by 10% by 2020.
BLM Says New Pinedale Wells May Increase Pollution
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to allow more natural gas drilling in Wyoming’s Pinedale Anticline actually would create more air pollution than would be permitted under recently announced federal air quality standards, according to the federal agency’s internal projections.
BLM Model: New Gas Wells in Pinedale to Create More Pollution
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to allow more natural gas drilling in Wyoming’s Pinedale Anticline actually would create more air pollution than would be permitted under recently announced federal air quality standards, according to BLM’s internal projections.