Standards

Nonprofit MiQ and partner Carbon Limits plan to roll out an emissions certification standard for liquefied natural gas volumes (LNG) as early as this summer, providing a potential boost for suppliers under pressure from customers to lower their environmental impacts. The partners said Thursday they are developing the first independently audited certification standard to calculate…

Wyoming’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on Thursday finalized new standards aimed at reducing emissions from new and modified oil and natural gas facilities in the state.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) extended the state’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) to 2030, increasing the carbon reduction goal from 10% to 20%. CARB said the amendments were needed to “make the program more versatile and comprehensive” for fighting climate change.

In a new page in the Trump administration’s playbook of regulatory rollbacks, the Department Justice (DOJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Colorado are claiming Denver-based PDC Energy Inc. illegally emitted emissions from storage tanks.

The Obama administration’s upcoming review of 2017-2025 model year light-duty vehicle fuel-efficiency and emission standards needs to be reaffirmed and continued, representatives from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said Monday.

A second phase of fuel-saving requirements for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDV) will reduce diesel fuel use and will also discourage switching to natural gas and other alternative transportation fuels, according to a report released by the Energy Information Agency (EIA).

The downturn in oil, gas and coal markets continues to strain West Virginia’s financial status, as Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered the state’s general obligation debt and bond ratings last week, citing the energy sector’s weak outlook and the revenue shortfalls it has created in the state budget.

The downturn in oil, gas and coal markets continues to strain West Virginia’s financial status, as Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered the state’s general obligation debt and bond ratings last week, citing the energy sector’s weak outlook and the revenue shortfalls it has created in the state budget.

State legislators spoke out against new, more stringent federal ozone standards as a prelude to a stakeholder meeting held Thursday in Denver by Colorado air pollution officials who are focused on implementing the older, 2008 ozone standard by 2017. Government and business officials in the state are lined up strongly opposed to the tougher requirement.