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More than 30 states actively regulate oil and gas development with a variety of practices and rules designed to reduce health, safety and environmental impacts. States engage in a process of continuous improvement by adopting new rules and practices as technologies and risk mitigation techniques evolve — even in an extraordinary year like 2020. EDF …

A new analysis commissioned by EDF from Rystad Energy makes clear that flaring from Texas’ Permian oil and gas operations is persistent and is likely to increase, but that industry can eliminate most routine flaring at zero cost with simple rules and operator changes.

By Colin Leyden and Ben Hmiel Even amidst a global pandemic and market volatility that reduced oil and gas activity, at least one thing didn’t change in the Permian last year: operators can’t seem to keep their flares lit. Throughout 2020, EDF conducted aerial surveys of portions of the Permian Basin to determine the performance …

Aerial survey findings underscore flaring’s role in the region’s outsized methane problem.

Las instalaciones terrestres de petróleo y gas emiten 10 veces más metano de lo reportado, lo que representa una pérdida de 4.000 millones de pesos al año.

Onshore oil & gas facilities emit 10 times more methane than Mexico’s government reports. Emissions from burning natural gas represent $200M revenue loss.

EDF statement on American Petroleum Institute's reversal of its opposition to federal safeguards to reduce oil and gas industry methane emissions.

EDF Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

EDF statement from Erin Murphy, Attorney, Energy Markets and Utility Regulation

EDF study shows urban gas leaks are a climate problem in Europe with a clear technology solution.

Joint press release from EDF and other leading organizations on the launch of OGMP 2.0 — a robust new tracking and disclosure system for methane emissions.

Proposed pollution rules in New Mexico must be strengthened to protect the state's public health and climate.

Confronting climate change has never been more urgent. EDF's generous grant of $100 million from the Bezos Earth Fund comes at a critical moment.

EDF and other health and environmental groups are asking to halt the actions the Trump EPA took to undermine our nation’s protections against pollution.

EDF and a coalition of environmental groups and states are fighting the rollback.

Statement by Jill Duggan, Executive Director, Environmental Defense Fund

New paper from EDF and Rockefeller Asset Management offers investor engagement guidance on methane emissions from non-operated assets.

EDF statement from Colin Leyden, Director, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

EDF Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Energy

Ten environmental groups, including EDF, filed lawsuits against the Trump administration for its rollback of protections from oil and gas methane pollution

Statement of Environmental Defense Fund Senior Vice President Mark Brownstein

Persistent emissions problem requires urgent action by industry, regulators

Statement from Jon Goldstein, Director of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Energy

Tomorrow the House Appropriations Committee will vote on its FY 2021 Interior-Environment appropriations proposal,.

EDF, 16 States and Cities Ask Court to Require EPA to Adopt Long-Overdue Standards for Methane Pollution from Existing Oil and Gas Sources