# Gas Industry Lawsuits Undermine Americans' Right To Know About Dangerous Pollution

*Published:* 2011-02-01
*Author:* Ramon Alvarez, Ph.D.

[](http://blogs.edf.org/texasenergyexchange/files/2011/01/Ramon-blog-pic4.jpg)[](http://blogs.edf.org/texasenergyexchange/files/2011/02/Ramon-blog-pic.jpg)[](http://blogs.edf.org/texasenergyexchange/files/2011/02/Ramon-blog-pic1.jpg)[![](http://blogs.edf.org/texasenergyexchange/files/2011/02/Ramon-blog-pic2-150x150.jpg)](http://blogs.edf.org/texasenergyexchange/files/2011/02/Ramon-blog-pic2.jpg)It was disappointing, but unfortunately not surprising, that Chesapeake Energy and three natural gas industry trade associations filed legal challenges to EPA’s new [rule](http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/subpart/w.html) that requires assessment and public disclosure of the industry’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

I find it ironic that [the industry](http://www.aga.org/Newsroom/factsheets/Documents/Facts%20About%20Natural%20Gas%20(JAN%202011).pdf) that [touts itself as the “low-carbon” fossil fuel](http://www.chk.com/NaturalGas/Pages/Basics.aspx) is fighting efforts to require disclosure of its global warming pollution.

Learn more about this in our [news release](http://www.edf.org/pressrelease.cfm?contentID=11570) sent out earlier today.