Comment Now to Stop Proposed Methane Regulatory Rollbacks–by December 17

From the Evangelical Environmental Network (http://www.creationcare.org):

Safe, clean air is in danger due to recent proposed methane rollbacks from the Administration and we must speak out. The EPA is accepting comments until Dec. 17th and we have made it easy to submit a comment before the holiday festivities! Our advocacy tool has a pre-written comment that you can edit or submit as is in under 2 minutes.

In its recent proposal to gut the 2016 regulation, the EPA admitted that its reversal would significantly increase dangerous pollution:

• instead of methane decreasing by 510,000 tons by 2025, it would increase by 380,000 tons, for a total of 890,000 tons;
• instead of VOCs decreasing by 210,000 tons, they would increase by 100,000, for a total of 310,000 tons;
• instead of reducing hazardous air pollutants by 3,900 tons, they would increase by 3,800 tons for a total of 7,700 tons.

Submit your comment now at http://www.congressweb.com/nrpe/18/.

For years EEN has been helping pro-life Christians oppose pollution from our natural gas infrastructure, especially methane and volatile organic compounds or VOCs. Why? It’s simple — because they harm human health, especially the unborn. The leaks, venting, and flaring from the natural gas industry spew out smog precursors, as well as other toxic pollutants and cancer-causing agents like benzene. Studies have shown that smog, VOCs, and air toxics have a disproportionate impact upon life in the womb; for those near production sites the emissions have been linked to birth defects, pre-term births, and low-birth-weight babies, who are at greater risk of infant mortality, ADHD and asthma, among other things. In addition, methane is highly potent greenhouse gas, 86 times stronger than CO2 at trapping heat over a 20-year timeframe. This is crucial, because it is the next 10-20 years that will determine whether we keep the world safe from catastrophic climate impacts.

We have had significant success over the years, including helping to support a strong regulation of new sources of pollution by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2016. All our gains are now at serious risk from the Administration.