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On April 18, 2017, U.S. EPA issued a letter in response to petitions submitted by the American Petroleum Institute and other oil...
Tags: Methane Emissions, Energy, Environment
The White House issued a permit today approving Keystone XL, “bringing the mammoth oil pipeline a step closer to fruition more...
Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Environment
On January 25, 2017, the Sixth Circuit granted a motion to hold in abeyance litigation regarding U.S. EPA's rule defining "waters...
Tags: WOTUS, Energy, Environment
On May 12, 2017, EPA’s first rule regulating chemical substances produced at the nanoscale will take effect as part of the Toxic...
Tags: Toxic Substances Control Act, The Nanoscale Rule, EPA, nanoscale chemical substances,
On January 11, 2017, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("Service") published a final rule listing the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee...
Tags: Energy, Environment
In May of 2016, environmental groups sued the U.S. E.P.A., alleging that the agency failed to review and revise its regulations...
Tags: Hydraulic Fracturing, EPA, "horizontal drilling", Energy,
Effective November, 21, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) revised its guiding 1981 Mitigation Policy to provide a...
Tags: USFWS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1981 Mitigation Policy, Environment
On October 17, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management released a Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Internet-Based Lease Sale for...
Tags: Energy, Environment
On September 22, 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as an...
Tags: Endangered Species, Energy, Environment
On August 24, 2016, U.S. EPA proposed revisions to the rules governing the petition process for Title V permits under 40 CFR Part...
Tags: Clean Air Act, Energy, Environment, Title V
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