According to the newly released North American Carbon Storage Atlas, there is at least 500 years of geologic storage for carbon dioxide emissions in North America
BOC was selected following a competitive process and brings technology in the field of air separation as well as complementary plant engineering and integration capabilities
US Environmental Protection Agency statements on health benefits from lowering the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards grossly misrepresent what EPA actually estimates as possible benefits from reducing public ozone exposure, a new study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute concluded.
A crew supervisor for a Houston well service company pleaded guilty on July 20 to violating federal water quality regulations during a hydraulic fracturing operation in Atoka County, Okla., in 2007.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on SO2 emissions will have a "significant impact on coal generation." The independent system operator said the timing of the new rules is unreasonable.
The American Petroleum Institute and other leading industry associations urged the Obama administration to set aside new ozone standards that the US Environmental Protection Agency appears poised to issue by the end of the month.
In 2009, AEP was selected by the Department of Energy to receive funding of up to $334 million through the Clean Coal Power Initiative to pay part of the costs for installation
The US Environmental Protection Agency issued new draft air quality permits on July 1 for Shell Oil Co.’s proposed oil exploration operations in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaska.
Officials with the California Air Resources Board said June 29 they would delay enforcement of the state’s carbon trading program until 2013.
The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to propose updated air emission standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators by Oct. 31. EPA intends to issue final standards by Apr. 30, 2012.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it will update proposed air toxics standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators by the end of October 2011 and issue final standards by the end of April 2012.
Transocean Ltd., owner of the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig that exploded and sank following the Macondo well blowout on Apr. 20, 2010, said BP PLC used a poor well design and failed to properly confirm critical cement tests.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 21 extended the public comment time by 30 days on proposed mercury and air toxics standards.
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association lauded the US Supreme Court’s decision on June 20 to reject attempts to address greenhouse gas emissions through the use of common law “nuisance” lawsuits.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on June 20 that states cannot proceed with greenhouse-gas lawsuits against five utilities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from their plants.
The US Bureau of Offshore Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement will begin using multiperson teams for offshore oil and gas inspections, BOEMRE Director Michael R. Bromwich announced.
Earthjustice, the former Sierra Club legal defense fund, sued the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement June 9 in federal court in New Orleans for approving Shell Oil Co.’s request for a deepwater drilling permit near the site of BP PLC’s 2010 Macondo well accident and crude oil spill.
One of the largest US electric utilities projects a minimum capital investment of $6-8 billion by 2020 to comply with proposed US Environmental Protection Agency regulations that would affect coal-fired power plants.
Transocean Ltd. asked the US Coast Guard to revise its draft report on a joint investigation by the USCG and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement into the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible explosion and fire.
