Trump EPA Plows Ahead With 'Mind-Bogglingly Stupid and Destructive' Rollback of Methane Emissions...

[Nevilledog]

Trump EPA Plows Ahead With 'Mind-Bogglingly Stupid and Destructive' Rollback of Methane Emissions Rules

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/13/trump-epa-plows-ahead-mind-bogglingly-stupid-and-destructive-rollback-methane

In a widely anticipated move Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency yet again advanced President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda by weakening rules on oil and gas companies' emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane that were put in place by the Obama administration.

Following reports that the "sickening" policy change would come by the end of this week, former coal lobbyist and current EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in Pittsburgh formally announced two final rules removing the "burdensome and ineffective regulations" on the oil and gas industry.

"This decision is mind-bogglingly stupid and destructive," declared Liz Jones, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. "There are few things worse for the climate than the methane spewed by the oil and gas sector, and the solutions are readily available."

"Even for the Trump administration," Jones said, "this is an appalling new low."

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[elleng]

1. Mind-Bogglingly Stupid and Destructive,

that's him/them.

[SheltieLover]

2. Lock him up

Before he goes off on a manic tantrum & nukes one of our cities!

[Bev54]

3. The only good thing is that most of his environmental rollbacks

have not been enacted and are being challenged in courts, most of them so far, have held as is and many will not have decisions before the election so the new administration can just drop the rollbacks and thus court challenges. Or maybe they should let the courts decide to establish it in law.