Feds make $127 million available to clean legacy pollution sites Funds come from $660 million in rolling formula grant funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law June 28, 2024
Arkansas, Louisiana receive $30.6 million to plug orphaned wells Louisiana will receive $25 million to plug and reclaim around 540 orphaned oil and gas wells. Arkansas will use $5.6 million for similar work across 274 sites June 7, 2024
$54.2 million will address abandoned oil and gas wells Grants will help measure methane emissions, assess water effects and prioritize cleanup May 15, 2024
EPA turns attention to landfills, an underestimated source of methane emissions Study of over 200 landfills across the U.S. finds many had "large methane 'super-emitter' plumes May 9, 2024
Interior Department finalizes rule to curb excessive methane emissions Bureau of Land Management rule would curb emissions from oil and gas production on federal and tribal lands April 1, 2024
States eligible for $30 million each to clean up orphaned wells Interior Department releases draft guidance for third round of grants February 27, 2024
EPA formally proposes plan to charge fee for methane emissions Final rule will take effect 60 days after it is published in the Federal Register January 18, 2024
Texas receives $80 million to plug orphaned oil, gas wells State is first of 26 slated to receive total of $660 million to clean up legacy pollution January 17, 2024
California spending $130 million to turn waste into compost and clean energy Program will award grants to 23 projects that involve recycling organic material into compost December 21, 2023
New EPA regulations aim to cut methane emissions in oil and gas production Final rule will require oil and gas companies to eliminate routine flaring of natural gas from new oil wells as one way to reduce methane emissions December 5, 2023