Laws & Regulations

"Congress Poised For Another Farm Bill Punt After Senate Nonstarter"

"House Republicans rejected a farm bill proposal by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) this week, increasing the likelihood that lawmakers will pass another one-year extension of the massive legislation by the end of the year rather than a new, longer-term measure."

Source: The Hill, 11/25/2024

NOx: "E.P.A. Proposes Limits on Harmful Pollutant From Power Plants"

"A rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday could better protect communities against pollution from natural gas plants. For the first time in almost two decades, the rule would update emission limits of nitrogen oxides, a group of gases that are harmful air pollutants produced from burning fossil fuels."

Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2024

"The World Seeks an End to Plastic Pollution at Talks in South Korea"

"Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement."

Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2024

Biden DOI Trying To Save The Colorado River Before Trump Takes Over

"The Biden administration is swimming against the current to get seven Western states to agree to divvy up the Colorado River’s water in a way that would protect the river basin and the West’s largest single water source – and do it before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, according to a source familiar with the negotiations."

Source: CNN, 11/22/2024

"Long Delayed Biden Rule Could Shake Up Offshore Oil Well Cleanups"

"The Biden administration promised to release a new standard for ocean drilling that could help clean up a growing number of old oil and gas wells, but the first-of-a-kind rule has yet to arrive with just two months before President-elect Donald Trump reenters the White House."

Source: E&E News, 11/22/2024

Phillips 66 Faces Federal Charges Of Wastewater Dumping At Calif. Refinery

"The U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles has filed felony criminal charges against Phillips 66, accusing the company’s Carson refinery of illicitly dumping oil and grease into the county sewer system."

Source: LA Times, 11/22/2024

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