Urge the EPA to enact the strongest possible safeguards to cut methane emissions and to protect our communities.
Methane emissions from the oil and gas industry pose a great threat to human health and to the health of our environment. As Pennsylvanians swelter in the rising summer temperatures, the state’s oil and gas sector has generated 1.1 million metric tons of methane annually, literally putting us on thin ice.
Fortunately, the U.S. EPA has proposed to cut methane emissions in the oil and gas sector, allowing us to reduce methane emissions from 2023 to 2025 by the equivalent of the climate pollution from almost 230 million cars. However, the proposal also includes loopholes that allow the oil and gas sector to continue polluting and putting our planet at risk. Our climate cannot afford these loopholes.
Methane is one of the key drivers of climate change, and according to the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change it is essential that we cut emissions drastically and quickly. There is no time to waste. I urge the EPA to enact the strongest possible safeguards to cut methane emissions and to protect our communities, closing loopholes that allow the oil and gas industry to continue to wreak havoc on the environment.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.