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Coloradans Overwhelmingly Voice Support for Proposed Air Regulations
By Dan GrossmanColorado is the quintessential swing state – with voters split about evenly between Republicans, Democrats and Independents. That can make for some fractious politics at times, but our...
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Arguments Heat Up in Colorado Air Rulemaking, But the Facts Remain
By Dan Grossman Yesterday, we covered the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) taking public testimony from citizens who traveled from around the state to speak in support of a groundbreaking...
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COGA and CPA Fight Common-sense Methane Regulation
By Dan GrossmanIndustry trade groups – the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) and the Colorado Petroleum Association (CPA) – came out swinging against methane regulation in the third day of...
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Critical Decision Expected Tomorrow in Colorado on Clean Air Rule
By Dan Grossman Day 4 of the ongoing hearings on a groundbreaking proposal to reduce air and climate pollution from oil and gas operations in Colorado saw Team EDF pushing back on claims opposition...
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Practical Air Pollution Controls Even the Oil and Gas Industry Can't Deny
By Mark BrownsteinThis commentary originally appeared on our EDF Voices blog. Everyone knows that if you want your kids to grow up strong and healthy, they need to eat their vegetables. But as any...
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Science and Economics Agree: The Time is Right for California to Get Serious...
By Larissa KoehlerRecent numbers from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show that methane (CH4) is about 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) in contributing to climate...
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Leading States Tackling Fugitive Emissions Problem Head-On
By Matt WatsonYou see something once, and it might just be an anomaly. See it twice, maybe coincidence. But when you see it a third time – that’s a pattern. A trend. With Ohio’s move last week to...
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New Methane Study Demonstrates Urgent Need for Regulatory Action
By Steven HamburgIt has happened again. Another scientific study finds methane emissions from oil and gas production are higher than previously thought, reinforcing the urgent need to reduce emissions...
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The Many Benefits of Reducing Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
By EDF BlogsBy: Megan Ceronsky, EDF attorney, and Peter Heisler, legal fellow The newly-released Third National Climate Assessment has some eye-opening news about climate change. The report confirms...
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America's Coal-Producing States Weigh their Options
By Jim MarstonA coal train rolls through a town in West Virginia, which produces more coal than any other state except for Wyoming. Nobody was surprised to hear political foes of President Obama and...
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Investors Voice Market Support for Methane Regulation
By EDF BlogsBy: Tom Murray, Vice President, Corporate Partnerships Program Last week, financial community leaders took a big step into the intersection of business and policy on the urgent need to...
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2014 Year in Review: 3 Breakthroughs that Tip the Scales for Climate Action
By Fred KruppAs the year draws to a close, I’m grateful for three climate breakthroughs from 2014 that give me hope that we can still turn the corner toward a stable climate before it's too late. And...
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Ozone Pollution in the West: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Jon GoldsteinLong familiar in major urban areas, smog – what we experts call “ground-level ozone” pollution – is quickly becoming a serious problem in the rural mountain west, thanks to rapid...
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Clean Mountain Air Brings Clarity to Energy Debate at Vail Global Energy Forum
By Andy DarrellLast month, I attended the Vail Global Energy Forum in Colorado. Billed as a “mini-Davos” of energy (studiously ignoring the Aspen crowd a few hours down the highway), that moniker may...
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Report Card Blues: ALA Report Shows Western Air Needs Improvement
By Jon GoldsteinIt’s report card time for air quality in the U.S. and, unfortunately, several western states are getting grades of “needs improvement.” That’s the take-away from the American Lung...
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Colorado Blazes the Path on Oil and Gas Data
By Adam PeltzThis May has truly been a banner month for transparency of the oil and gas industry. To start, FracFocus, the state-run, national hydraulic fracturing chemical disclosure database,...
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Big Oil and Gas Emissions out West – New Report Sizes Up Methane Problem on...
By Dan GrossmanThe American West is home to the vast majority of the nation’s federal and tribal lands, which account for well over half of the total land area of several Western states. And, the...
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New Poll: U.S. Latino Communities Overwhelmingly Support Clean Air Protections
By Lucía Oliva HennellyPoliticians and political observers are increasing the amount of time spent trying to figure out how to engage with Latino voters – a large and growing part of the American...
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You Can’t Argue With Math: BLM’s Methane Rules Enjoy Strong and Diverse Support
By Jon GoldsteinThese numbers don’t lie. They represent the strong support new methane waste and pollution reduction rules from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management enjoy across the...
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Time is Money: Strong BLM Methane Waste Rules Should Be Finalized Without Delay
By Jon GoldsteinWhat do Farmington, NM, Oklahoma City, Lakewood, CO and Dickinson, ND have in common? These cities are in the heart of oil and gas country, and – most importantly – were locations in...
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