Refining lobbyists highlight concerns ahead of new sulfur limits
As the Obama administration prepares to unveil a plan to slash smog-forming sulfur emissions from gasoline, oil industry lobbyists are making a final push against the measure.
View ArticleTexas regulators begin aerial surveys of oil and gas facilities
Several weeks into an assessment of air quality at oil and gas production facilities in South and West Texas, officials with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality say it’s too soon to say...
View ArticleTexas ranks last on green state list
Texas has been ranked dead last in the "How Green Is My State?" assessment by MPH Online, ranking high for its friendliness to renewable energy, but losing points for air quality.
View ArticleBattle looms over expanding shipments of coal in Houston
The expansion of a terminal along the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel normally receives little attention. But Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' plans to refurbish two docks have opened a new...
View ArticleVeteran lawmakers from Texas clash over EPA subpoena
An unusual fight has arisen between two veteran lawmakers who have developed a close personal relationship as their parties’ leaders on a key congressional committee.
View ArticleMontana oilmen baffled by Bay Area opposition to Keystone
In San Francisco, more than 1,300 miles from the proposed route of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, an agency charged with regulating air pollution from industrial plants and home heaters says the project...
View ArticleStudy: Methane leaks from natural gas wells declining
Energy companies are making a major dent in the amount of harmful methane emissions that escape from natural gas wells, according to a broad peer-reviewed study published Monday that validates new...
View ArticleColorado proposes air-quality crackdown for oil, gas
Under pressure to tighten air quality standards for oil and gas drillers, Colorado officials have proposed the nation's first statewide standards for methane emissions and other heightened safeguards.
View ArticleProposed ethane cracker faces tough review
A proposed ethane cracker plant in Wood County likely would have to comply with a state regulation aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions from major industrial facilities.
View ArticleOil industry seeks break on gasoline sulfur limits
Oil industry lobbyists are making a last-ditch appeal to the Obama administration to soften looming new limits for sulfur in gasoline, warning that without changes, the mandates could send fuel costs...
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