From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/):
Clean Air Council and its supporters have worked for years to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce air pollution from new and existing oil and gas facilities. The gas industry emits large quantities of climate-changing methane as well as smog-causing and health-harming volatile organic compounds (VOC), including known carcinogens like benzene. Earlier this month, the EPA proposed pollution standards for gas wells and compressor stations that will better protect public health and help address the climate crisis by reducing 36 million tons of methane, 9.7 millions tons of VOCs, and 390,000 tons of air toxics from 2023 to 2035.
This rule requires air pollution inspections at all oil and gas extraction facilities regardless of size and includes significant updates to required pollution control technologies.
While the EPA has taken great steps to reduce air pollution from the gas industry, we need to tell them to improve this rule by eliminating the unnecessary flaring of fracked gas at https://cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/fracking/index.html.
Comments will be accepted until February 13th and there will be two virtual public hearings January 10th and 11th.
Click here to urge EPA to adopt stronger pollution standards.
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