Voters in various states will be weighing in election day on high-stakes ballot initiatives that seek to implement major changes to environment and energy policies according to an October 28, 2018 report from The Hill. Here are five of the most consequential initiatives facing voters on Election Day. Washington state carbon tax Initiative 1631 would […]

More stringent NNSR and Title V major source thresholds expected. The Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW) Ozone Nonattainment Area (including Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise counties) and the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (HGB) Ozone Nonattainment Area (including Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller counties) are expected to be reclassified to […]

On October 29, 2018 North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Monday signed an executive order committing the state to cut emissions by 40 percent by 2025, a goal that puts North Carolina in line with targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement according to an October 30, 2018 report from The Hill. In a press release […]

Democratic lawmakers are quietly making plans to use hearings and investigations to focus attention on the Trump administration’s environmental agenda if they win control of the House of Representatives according to an October 26, 2018 Bloomberg report. Because they are less likely to capture the Senate, Democrats would have limited opportunities to enact laws. But […]

On August 23, 2018, EPA announced and published a draft version of its New Owner Clean Air Act Audit Program tailored for the Oil and Gas Exploration and Production (E&P) sector. According to EPA, this program is focused on the E&P segment due to significant excess emissions and noncompliance that has been observed at these […]