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Environmental

Mitt Romney and You

Byline: 

By Michael T. Burr, Editor-in-Chief

Magazine Volume: 
Fortnightly Magazine - September 2012
The Republican nominee’s energy plan doesn’t say much about electricity or natural gas. But what it does say should sound familiar to anyone who’s followed energy policy for more than four years.
Category: 
Frontlines
Author Bio: 

Michael T. Burr is Fortnightly’s editor-in-chief. Email him at burr@pur.com

Category (Actual): 
The Feds
Energy Policy & Legislation
Environmental

Bold plan for independence, or more partisan overreach?

The Methane Myth

Byline: 

E. Scott Pruitt

Magazine Volume: 
Fortnightly Magazine - July 2012

The EPA’s new method for measuring the amount of methane that escapes from natural gas wells is based on flawed data. Oklahoma’s attorney general says this misguided policy decision treads on state regulatory authority and stifles resource development.

Category: 
Op Ed
Author Bio: 

E. Scott Pruitt is attorney general of Oklahoma and chairman of the Republican Attorneys General Association.

Category (Actual): 
Environmental
Energy Policy & Legislation
Natural Gas

Incompetence and overreach at the EPA.

Regulatory Gordian Knot

Byline: 

Miranda Yost

Magazine Volume: 
Fortnightly Magazine - July 2012

New environmental requirements under the Clean Water Act (CWA) will add to the already complex burden of compliance for power plants. As the Environmental Protection Agency moves forward with cooling water and effluent standards, utilities and generators will have to deal with overlapping rules and conflicting policy goals.

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Author Bio: 

Miranda Yost is an attorney in Hunton & Williams LLP’s Richmond office. Her practice focuses on environmental law and regulation.

Category (Actual): 
Environmental
Energy Policy & Legislation

EPA’s new water, waste, and air regulations complicate power plant compliance.

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