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CATF Comments on the Revision of the TEN-E Regulation
CATF welcomes the European Commission’s climate ambition, leadership on decarbonization and innovation, and pursuit of policies to decouple greenhouse gas emissions from economic growth. CATF also strongly supports the EU’s ambition to become climate neutral by 2050, and welcomes the revision of the TEN-E regulation to ensure compatibility with the…
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Clean Air Task Force, Earthworks Launch Ozone Alert Tool to Raise Alarm About Ozone Pollution In Communities Nationwide
With ozone smog on the rise, in part due to oil and gas development, new tool allows users to monitor air quality in their communities and take action.
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Europe Must Lead on Methane, Both Domestically and Internationally
Europe has long been one of the great lions of climate change advocacy. But in the halls of power throughout Europe there’s been a major blind spot: methane. Thankfully, that is changing. The European Union has set an ambitious goal for carbon neutrality, and Europeans have started to recognize that…
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Madrid Call for Fast Action on Super Pollutants
The evidence of a warming planet is all around us: wildfires, increased storm intensity, bleached coral reefs, rising seas, and a frightening drive towards critical climate tipping points. While much of the discussion of global warming typically focuses on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, super pollutants like black carbon and methane…
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CATF Pushes Back On Oil and Gas Deregulation
In order to protect the public’s health and welfare from the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector, CATF and our partners have just strongly pushed back on the Trump Administration’s most recent efforts to deregulate the oil and gas industry. Essentially, we are stating that…
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Memo: Modeled impacts from EPA methane rollbacks
In 2016, U.S. EPA issued landmark standards for new and modified facilities in the oil production and natural gas production, process, and transmission and storage industries. These standards reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants from facilities they cover in several key ways. Furthermore, the promulgation of methane pollution standards…
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Memo: Modeled impacts from EPA methane rollbacks
In 2016, U.S. EPA issued landmark standards for new and modified facilities in the oil production and natural gas production, process, and transmission and storage industries. These standards reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants from facilities they cover in several key ways. Furthermore, the promulgation of methane pollution standards…
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CATF Testimony on Proposal to Eliminate the Direct Regulation of Methane from EPA’s New Source Performance Standards
On October 17, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its only public hearing on Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s proposal to eliminate the direct regulation of methane from the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards. Sarah Smith, CATF Super Pollutants Program Director, was honored to testify against this proposal alongside more than…
