Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 2 comments on this docket between Dec 4, 2019 and Dec 5, 2019. 59 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 2437d ago.
Comments of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) pertaining to significant contribution findings.
Please accept these 50,456 public comments from online members and activists of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), regarding EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0757, in opposition to the EPA's rollback of regulation of methane emissions. Methane gas poses a serious danger to our climate, clean air, and the health and well-being of our communities. It traps heat in the atmosphere at more than 80 times the rate of carbon dioxide. Toxic air pollutants released alongside methane can also trigger asthma attacks and increase cancer rates for residents who live near oil and gas facilities. We must keep strong methane regulations in place to protect communities from harmful pollution. Oil and gas operations are also incredibly wasteful, leaking millions of tons of methane and natural gas each year. Revoking this rule would result in over 510,000 tons more methane pollution each year -- just from new sources -- equivalent to the yearly climate pollution of more than 10 coal-fired power plants. And revoking the rule for new sources would give a free pass to existing oil and gas operations that emit as much as 15 million tons of methane a year altogether. Rolling back these standards is a lose-lose. Even fossil fuel companies have admitted that they can live with strong methane regulations on the books. For these reasons, please reverse course and keep strong methane regulations in place. See attached file(s)
Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Reconsideration
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