DOJ Touts Settlement's Precedent On 'Basin-Wide' Gas Emission Controls

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is touting a settlement with a natural gas company over alleged Clean Air Act violations as setting a precedent for a “basin-wide” approach to curbing emissions from energy extraction, saying the controls that cover the entire drilling exploration area is a model for “systematic” pollution controls. John Cruden, assistant attorney general for the department's environment and natural resources division, said that DOJ expects that the settlement with Noble Energy , announced April 22 on Earth...