Let’s stand up for commonsense clean air protections in Washington D.C.
Subject: EPA Methane Hearing July 10 from 9 am to 5 pm, We need you in Washington D.C. Stand up for commonsense clean air protections in Washington D.C.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is trying to strip away vital safeguards that protect Americans,especially kids, from methane leaks and other air pollution from tens of thousands of new and updated oil and gas wells around the country. This unilateral decision creates an immediate and irreversible public health and environmental threat for communities and families across our nation, and we need your help.
The Environmental Protection Agency is holding a hearing on the proposed two year stay of these commonsense and essential clean air standards, and they need to hear directly from you on this critical issue.
Stopping methane leaks is a no-brainer— cutting cancer and smog-causing pollution, fighting climate change, while avoiding wasted gas and creating jobs. We cannot stand for this blatant giveaway to polluters.
Join us in Washington, DC on July 10th at EPA Headquarters for a public hearing on EPA Administrator Pruitt’s unilateral and dangerous decision. Register to speak (if you can attend in person) here:
https://sierra.secure.force.com/events/details?formcampaignid=7010Z000001unIYQAY
Hope you can attend and/or make your voice heard in support of these sensible clean air protections.
>>> Kirk A Bowers, PE, Virginia Chapter, Sierra Club,
Pipelines Program Coordinator, 106 George Rogers Road,
Charlottesville, VA 22911
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Court tells EPA to enforce Obama methane pollution rule
From Timothy Cama, The Hill, July 31, 2017
A federal court told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Monday that it has to enforce an Obama administration methane pollution rule.
The order from Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit came after the judges gave the agency a two-week reprieve from its ruling earlier in July that the EPA broke the law when it tried to delay enforcement earlier.
Despite the reprieve, the Trump administration has not asked for the entire 11-judge court to rehear its case, the standard next step for appealing a ruling for a three-judge panel.
But industry groups and conservative states opposed to the regulation did ask for the full-court repeal, so the judges will consider their request in the coming weeks.
The rule sets standards for the oil and natural gas drilling industry that aim to reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas and the main component of natural gas.
It was a major part of former President Barack Obama’s second-term climate change agenda.
The D.C. Circuit Court ruled in early July that the Trump administration overstepped its authority under the Clean Air Act when it tried to unilaterally delay the rule while it works to repeal it.
The EPA is also working through the regulatory process to delay the regulation for an additional two years. It is gathering public comment until August 9th and could make the delay final after that.
Source: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/344705-court-tells-epa-to-enforce-obama-methane-pollution-rule