Our Public Lands Must Be Part of the Climate Change Solution
The fossil fuels found on our public lands are significant sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Instead of addressing this problem, the Trump administrati...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Methane Promises Are No Substitute for Rules
We welcome genuine efforts by industry to curb its methane and other air pollution, but this current effort falls far short of what’s needed and possible. ...
Methane Pollution: California Steps Up as Trump Steps Back
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) yesterday approved some of the nation’s strongest limits on emissions of methane, a potent climate-changing pollutant...
Aliso Canyon, One Year Later
Just over one year ago, natural gas began leaking from the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility in Los Angeles—one of the more than 400 such facilities in...
California Proposes Strong Methane Rules
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) met last week to consider adopting some of the nation’s strongest rules to limit methane emissions from the oil and...
Oil and Gas Producers Take a Pass on EPA's New Voluntary Methane Challenge Program
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the official kickoff of its Methane Challenge Program—a new voluntary effort to achieve methane ...