EPA Hands Oil and Gas Industry a Pass on Methane Gas Pollution
The industry can now ignore wasteful leaks of the potent greenhouse gas, posing a significant threat to our climate and the health of fenceline communities. ...
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Dealing Blow to Big Oil, Court Reinstates Rule that Prevents the Leaking, Flaring of Potent Methane Gas
Siding with NRDC and our partners, a federal court ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it undid the Methane Waste Prevention Rule, which prot...
Trump Takes Moment of National Crisis to Give Polluters an Unprecedented Pass
Amid widespread racist violence and a deadly pandemic, the president has chosen to sidestep bedrock environmental laws that protect the environment and public h...
NRDC Sues After EPA Gives Industry a Pass on Leaks of HFCs, a Potent Climate Pollutant
Easily preventable hydrofluorocarbon leaks add up to the same amount of carbon pollution from more than half a million cars each year. ...
The EPA Just Refused to Reduce Levels of Soot During a Pandemic Made Worse by Air Pollution
Airborne soot is already responsible for tens of thousands of American deaths each year—and new research shows it could make Covid-19 more deadly. So why is t...
EPA Issues Unprecedented “License to Pollute” During Pandemic
Amidst a public health crisis, the agency will indefinitely suspend environmental protections that help keep our air and water safe....