EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION
Under no circumstance should the president of the United States be solely responsible for approving or denying international pipelines and other infrastructure.
Decrease federal subsidies for fossil fuels.
Increase the federal royalty rate for oil and gas drilling on public lands from 16.67 percent to 20 percent, and the federal royalty rate for drilling in federal waters from 18.75 percent to 20 percent.
Offer leasing discounts to oil and gas companies who make smart, environmentally sound decisions.
Protect rules for the disposing of coal ash and wastewater from coal-fired power plants.
Extend the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule, which focuses on efficiency improvements at generating stations and directs states to take the initiative on how they choose to regulate power plant emissions.
Protect rules that reduce carbon dioxide emissions from both existing coal-fired and existing and new gas-fired power plants.
Protect limits on greenhouse gas emissions from the drilling and transportation of natural gas.
Fine oil and gas operators for exceeding methane emission limits.
Require oil and gas companies to do everything necessary to limit methane leaks from wells.
Require landfills of a certain size to install and operate methane gas collection and control systems, with specific monitoring and leak standards.
Enforce strict regulations on well construction to achieve the highest possible well integrity.
Enforce tight restrictions on offshore transportation and drilling to alleviate the risk of oil well leaks and tanker catastrophes.
Protect offshore drilling safeguards that were put in place after the explosion on the BP Deepwater Horizon (i.e., things like “blowout preventors”).