Tell the EPA to Protect Us from Dangerous Methane Gas

President Trump and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler are, yet again, attacking common-sense regulations that stop the oil and gas industries from unnecessarily leaking massive amounts of climate-busting methane gas.

Methane is the second-biggest driver of climate change after carbon dioxide, trapping more than 80 times as much heat in the atmosphere, pound-for-pound, as CO2. And the oil and gas industry is the largest industrial source of methane emissions.

Trump's attempt to weaken these methane protections is a blatant giveaway to his fossil fuel allies at the expense of the American people, our clean air, our health, and the future of our planet. And it runs counter to everything we have learned about avoiding climate catastrophe.

Register your message of opposition to the Trump EPA’s reckless rollback and demand that they instead protect us from dangerous methane gas.

President Trump and EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler are attacking critical regulations that stop the oil and gas industry from leaking massive amounts of the potent climate-warming gas methane.

Register your message of opposition to the Trump EPA’s reckless rollback and demand that they instead protect us from dangerous methane gas.

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Dear EPA officials:

I write to object to President Trump and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler's plan to roll back critical regulations for methane gas released by oil and gas operations.

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. Please reverse course and keep strong methane regulations in place.

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Tell the EPA to Protect Our Climate, Our Health, and Clean Air from Dangerous Methane Gas!

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