Pennsylvania leaders must take strong action now to address the climate crisis, which is already harming families in the commonwealth.
Oil and gas drilling and other operations emit both methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs, such as benzene, can cause cancer and contribute to ozone or smog that can trigger asthma attacks.
Pollution from natural gas development and production is especially harmful for Pennsylvania’s children, pregnant women, and other vulnerable people, with those living close to production and transmission sites at higher risk. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25 percent of the climate change we're already experiencing worldwide, and cutting methane pollution from the oil and gas industry is the quickest, most cost-effective way for Pennsylvania to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protect (DEP) recently announced a public comment period for a proposed rule to reduce methane and harmful air pollution from existing oil and gas operations. Pennsylvania residents now have the opportunity to voice their opinions on strengthening the rule to more comprehensively cut oil and gas pollution to protect our children and families.
The proposed rule would reduce methane and smog-forming volatile organic compounds from oil and gas operations, but does not go far enough, and will leave a sizable amount of methane pollution unchecked.
Take action below to urge DEP to strengthen its proposed rule to cut as much climate-warming methane as possible. Our children deserve strong protections from air and climate pollution.
Oil and gas drilling and other operations emit both methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs, such as benzene, can cause cancer and contribute to ozone or smog that can trigger asthma attacks.
Pollution from natural gas development and production is especially harmful for Pennsylvania’s children, pregnant women, and other vulnerable people, with those living close to production and transmission sites at higher risk. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas responsible for 25 percent of the climate change we're already experiencing worldwide, and cutting methane pollution from the oil and gas industry is the quickest, most cost-effective way for Pennsylvania to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gases.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protect (DEP) recently announced a public comment period for a proposed rule to reduce methane and harmful air pollution from existing oil and gas operations. Pennsylvania residents now have the opportunity to voice their opinions on strengthening the rule to more comprehensively cut oil and gas pollution to protect our children and families.
The proposed rule would reduce methane and smog-forming volatile organic compounds from oil and gas operations, but does not go far enough, and will leave a sizable amount of methane pollution unchecked.
Take action below to urge DEP to strengthen its proposed rule to cut as much climate-warming methane as possible. Our children deserve strong protections from air and climate pollution.