On May 23, 2019 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of its Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which provides updates to the public about the agency’s regulatory activity. It’s a lengthy list that includes several actions affecting oil & gas as well an action affecting stationary compression ignition […]

Oil companies, automakers and consumer products manufacturers will unleash a campaign for a U.S. tax on carbon dioxide emissions even though it may lead to higher prices for their products according to a May 20, 2019 Bloomberg report. Oil companies BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc are giving $1 million each to the Americans […]

California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols says the state would be forced to pursue “extreme” requirements to offset the uptick in pollution that would be unleashed if federal vehicle emission and fuel economy standards are weakened according to a May 16, 2019 Bloomberg report. California — thanks to federal waivers dating back to the […]

On May 3, 2019 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has approved changes to the State of Texas’ clean-air plan for improving storage tank regulations and demonstrating reasonably available control technology for emissions that contribute to the formation of ozone. These changes will help the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria area move toward better air quality and […]

EPA is considering a change to how oil and gas industry methane emissions are counted that could push them below required reporting levels under the Clean Air Act according to a May 24, 2019 E & E News Energywire report. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told an industry gathering the agency will assess whether the oil […]

The Trump administration will soon rewrite the factors it uses to determine the health risks of air pollution, a move critics warn will make it harder to place limits on emissions according to a May 21, 2019 report from The Hill. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler defended the change in a memorandum to […]

CLICK HERE to read the complete profile of MIRATECH Corporation – Featured in the Q2/2019 issue of POWERLINE Magazine. MIRATECH’s beginnings were in the gas compression market.  Working through a network of distributors, compressor packagers and end users quickly discovered MIRATECH was offering a rugged, cost effective solution for their emission needs. After its initial […]

On March 26, 2019 Colorado Governor Jared Polis announced he was rescinding a request to the Environmental Protection Agency that would have given the state more time to come into compliance with ozone limits, according to an April 4, 2019 Denverite report. Ozone levels around the Denver metro area have long been over EPA’s accepted […]

Seven of the country’s 10 most air-polluted cities are in California, despite the state’s strict environmental laws, according to a new American Lung Association (ALA) study and reported April 24, 2019 in The Hill. Los Angeles ranked as the most smog-filled metro area in the ALA’s annual State of the Air report. The city has […]

On April 11, 2019 the Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee voted to recommend DEP move ahead with a proposed regulation to control volatile organic compound emissions, with a “co-benefit” of reducing methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations, according to a PA Environment Digest Blog report. Generally, the […]