From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Methane is fueling the climate crisis, and we need you to tell President Biden to fight back with the strongest methane rules possible for the oil and gas industry. Methane is a potent greenhouse … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Methane is fueling the climate crisis, and we need you to tell President Biden to fight back with the strongest methane rules possible for the oil and gas industry. Methane is a potent greenhouse … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-10-29/energy-policy/groups-call-on-pa-governor-to-maintain-methane-promise/a76304-1 October 29, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — Environmental groups are taking a new approach to hold Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration accountable for a pledge he made; … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): After the second warmest January to March since national temperature began being recorded in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is projecting a 75% chance that 2020 will be recorded as the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/27/climate-crisis-health-emergency-new-report-warns-us-fracking-boom-making-people-and Published on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 by Common Dreams “It is unconscionable that we continue to subject our communities to these risks when we have the technology to make a just transition to renewable energy.” By Jessica … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-05-16/climate-change-air-quality/pa-could-benefit-from-new-federal-methane-bill/a66519-1 May 16, 2019 – Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A proposed federal bill sets a goal of capturing 85% of all methane gas produced on public lands within three years … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-10-24/climate-change-air-quality/wheeler-visit-to-oil-and-gas-conference-highlights-methane-concerns/a64396-1 October 24, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania is the nation’s second-largest methane producer and a major source of methane emissions. (anita_starzycka/Pixabay) PITTSBURGH – Environmental advocates say acting Environmental … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-09-12/environment/epa-proposes-rolling-back-methane-rule/a63948-1 September 12, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The oil and gas industry is the largest industrial source of methane pollution in the United States. (olafpictures/pixabay) PHILADELPHIA – Clean-air advocates … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): After losing in court, the Trump administration is now using delay tactics to try and slow down and weaken a critical new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule on methane pollution. If implemented as … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-05-11/environment/federal-methane-rule-survives-challenge/a57647-1 May 11, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Leaks, venting and flaring on federal lands releases 110 billion cubic feet of gas a year. (Tim Evanson/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The … Continued