Wheeler questions EPA’s authority to regulate methane, putting climate, families at risk
For Immediate Release: August 29, 2019. Contact: Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, (505) 715-8388
Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler proposed to eliminate direct regulation of methane, a dangerous greenhouse gas, from the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards. In New Mexico, this would mean that 4,700 new and existing wells would no longer have to reduce their methane emissions, endangering our climate and our families’ health.
Methane is 80 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas, but it disappears from the atmosphere much faster, giving us one of the best chances we have of fighting to save our children and grandchildren from the worst consequences of the ...
The 2019-2020 year marks the 7th year of The Global Warming Express and it is shaping up to be one of the busiest. Below is a portion of what the Global Warming Expressers have been up to:
January 9, 2019: GWEers from Mountain Mahogany School in ABQ were invited to attend the ABQ City Council’s Press Conference, yesterday, on the plastic limit bill now under consideration. The GWE kids spoke about this just a few weeks ago and, immediately, the bill became sponsored!
January 26, 2019: Wow! The GWEers from Mountain Mahogany School in ABQ and from Emily’s GWE Home school group (that she created, btw) just knocked it out of the park for 4 days! On Sat., Jan 26, ...
