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 is, the methane rule will require that oil and gas companies operating on federal and tribal lands take common sense steps to prevent methane waste. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, up to 80 times more potent in the short term than CO2, and there is so much leakage that it is often “flared” or burned off by oil and gas drillers – at taxpayer expense.
If this all sounds familiar, it may be because you were involved in supporting this new rule 2 years ago – many IPL activists attended public hearings and wrote comments to the BLM when it was first introduced. You stood up for Creation and for your neighbors who live near oil and gas drilling sites. Now, we need you to act again. The public comment period on delaying this rule is open and we need people of faith to speak up. The more comments we get opposing delay and expressing support for moving forward with the existing rule, the stronger our position will be to force them to do the right thing.
Go to http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/50836/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=23465 to tell the BLM that we want common sense rules to protect our air and prevent methane waste.
The BLM adopted the waste prevention rule across its more than 247 million acres in response to widespread evidence of extensive waste of methane on public and tribal lands and after hearing from hundreds of thousands of Americans who urged them to stop methane waste. Yet the Trump administration is ignoring the will of the people and trying to delay the start of these safeguards.
We need to stand up for the sanctity of our public lands and tribal lands and the health of our neighbors. We will not abandon our resolve to be good stewards of this planet and to protect our climate for future generations. Please join us and act today to oppose any further delays to the BLM methane waste rule.
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