President Barack Obama’s administration will unveil new rules Wednesday that aim to slash methane emissions from oil and gas production by up to 45 percent by 2025 in its latest move to solidify the Democratic president’s credentials on climate change.
Under the proposal, the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior will issue measures to contain leaking methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from new drilling equipment and from old and new production facilities located on public lands.
Administration officials said Wednesday that the United States is now the leading oil and gas producer in the world and, while emissions from the sector are down 16 percent since 1990, they are set to rise between now and 2025 if unabated.
Methane is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, with nearly 10 percent of output in 2012.
Many of the elders of the Climate Church admit that humans may not be a significant source of methane output. Those that do are relying on the blind faith of the believers.
The most worrisome aspect of this is that the EPA is becoming a small, unelected superpower agency under this president. Let’s hope the GOP can get someone into the White House who isn’t afraid to upset the media and the emotions-first crowd and will greatly roll back the regulatory powers that Obama doles out like Halloween candy.
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