In this blog post, 3L Foster Peebles writes about challenges to the Methane and Waste Prevention Rule that was implemented by the Bureau of Land Management to combat methane emissions from oil and gas wells.
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Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Continues Construction After DC Circuit Decision
Due to the catastrophic failures of all natural gas transportation methods, such as spillages and harmful chemicals escaping barrels, people are wary of new pipelines. Accordingly, there has been a recent, and large, controversy regarding the installation of the new pipeline, Atlantic Sunrise. Atlantic Sunrise runs through ten counties of Pennsylvania and will hopefully provide natural gas to southern states such as Alabama. The near $3 billion pipeline is threatened by activists who are protesting every step of construction, but the DC Circuit Court has refused to block the pipeline by dissolving an administrative stay on construction of the pipeline.