Tag: Air Quality
New Pennsylvania data show methane emissions dropping, air quality “continues to Improve”
DEP’s data show that methane emissions are decreasing as natural gas production soars By Jake Green, Energy In Depth The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has just released data from its 2014 air emissions inventory of the natural gas industry. While there was “a slight (1%) increase in reported methane emissions” from 2013 to 2014, methane […]
EIA Head: US CO2 emissions projected to be lowest since 1992 — thanks to fracking
Natural gas use clearly No. 1 reason US is only major nation to see reduction in CO2 emissions in past 10 years By Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth Energy Information Administration (EIA) Administrator Adam Sieminski told the Washington Examiner Tuesday that EIA is projecting 2016 US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will be at their lowest levels since […]
Bureau of Ocean Energy overreaching on air quality regulatory program – API
In a February 10 letter to Director Hopper, API called on BOEM to not fundamentally alter the current Air Quality Regulatory Program The energy industry is accusing the Obama Administration of regulatory overreach again, this time over proposals to regulate air quality in the Outer Continental Shelf. The OCS is the part of the internationally recognized continental […]
Canadian oilsands air quality not a threat to public health: study
Slight change in oilsands air quality likely due to population increase By Katie Willis for the University of Alberta Alberta’s oilsands have been the subject of controversy and discussion for many years. But residents in the Athabasca oilsands region needn’t hold their breath about air pollution, says a professor in the University of Alberta’s School of Public […]
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