Tell the EPA to Adopt Stronger Pollution Standards

Clean Air Council and its supporters have worked for years to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce air pollution from new and existing oil and gas facilities. The gas industry emits large quantities of climate-changing methane as well as smog-causing and health-harming volatile organic compounds (VOC), including known carcinogens like benzene. Earlier this month, the EPA proposed pollution standards for gas wells and compressor stations that will better protect public health and help address the climate crisis by reducing 36 million tons of methane, 9.7 millions tons of VOCs, and 390,000 tons of air toxics from 2023 to 2035.

This rule requires air pollution inspections at all oil and gas extraction facilities regardless of size and includes significant updates to required pollution control technologies.

While the EPA has taken great steps to reduce air pollution from the gas industry, we need them to improve this rule by eliminating the unnecessary flaring of fracked gas.

Comments will be accepted until February 13th and there will be two virtual public hearings January 10th and 11th.

Sign this petition to urge the EPA to adopt stronger pollution standards!
Thank you for proposing strong air pollution standards for new and existing gas wells and compressor stations that will help curb the dangerous effects of the climate crisis, reduce asthma-causing smog pollution, and limit the emissions of known carcinogens like benzene. I support the proposal to require air pollution inspections at all gas wells, regardless of size, because it will better protect public health in frontline communities and reduce a significant amount of climate pollution. The proposal to require air pollution inspections until a gas well is plugged will finally help address the pervasive threat of abandoned gas wells constantly leaking pollution across the country. I also appreciate and support the zero emission standards for several types of oil and gas equipment.

I urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen the rules by ending routine flaring (burning of excess gas).
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