Four Democratic senators have asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to explain why he told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that he would examine the issue of collecting information from the oil and gas industry on methane emissions but then reversed course six weeks later.
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EPA Reconsidering Methane Rules Covering Oil and Gas Industry
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that it will reconsider proposed rules governing new sources of methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, and it said it would delay by three months a compliance deadline for the rules.
Democratic Senators Ask EPA’s Pruitt to Explain Reversal on Emissions Data From Industry
Four Democratic senators have asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt to explain why he told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that he would examine the issue of collecting information from the oil and gas industry on methane emissions but then reversed course six weeks later.
EPA’s Pruitt Seeks State, Local Input on Rescinding, Revising Clean Water Rule
The Trump administration has a twofold strategy for targeting the controversial Clean Water Rule (CWR), enacted during the Obama era: have the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiate a rulemaking to rescind the rule first, then revise the definition of what constitutes Waters of the United States (WOTUS).
EPA Proposes Delaying Risk Management Program Rule Changes Until 2019
Less than three weeks after agreeing to stay a rule designed to help prevent accidents and explosions at refineries and other industrial facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed delaying the rule again — this time until February 2019.
Pruitt Says Trump Executive Order Could Rescind Clean Power Plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday designed to boost the energy sector, and that the order could include rescinding the agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).
At Industry’s Request, EPA Stays Risk Management Program Rule For Three Months
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), acting on a request from several trade associations, including the oil and gas industry, issued a three-month stay of a rule designed to help prevent accidents and explosions at refineries and other industrial facilities.
EPA Chief Pruitt Doubts CO2 Is Main Climate Change Culprit
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt enraged environmental groups on Thursday after saying in a television interview that he doesn’t believe carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are a primary contributor to climate change.
Pruitt Tells EPA Employees He Wants Civility, But Also Objectivity
In one of his first actions as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt told a roomful of agency employees that while he rues the current “toxic” political climate, he wants EPA to follow a definitive regulatory process and the rule of law, thereby avoiding costly legal battles. He added that EPA’s counterparts in state government need to see the federal agency as “partners…not adversaries.”
Pruitt Says He Will Withdraw Clean Power Plan, WOTUS Rule; Meets EPA Employees
In one of his first actions as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt told a roomful of agency employees that while he rues the current “toxic” political climate, he wants EPA to follow a definitive regulatory process and the rule of law, thereby avoiding costly legal battles. He added that EPA’s counterparts in state government need to see the federal agency as “partners…not adversaries.”