{"id":18714,"date":"2019-01-16T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=18714"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:27:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:27:59","slug":"conservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2019\/01\/16\/conservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Wyoming rises to the occasion as feds roll over on oil and gas pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/01\/WY-Rig-Landscape.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18715 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2019\/01\/WY-Rig-Landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a>Lost amid the wrapping paper this holiday season was a very important move in Wyoming to step up and better regulate air pollution from the state\u2019s oil and gas wells. It was one more reason to pop some champagne corks as we rang in the New Year.<\/p>\n<p>Without much fanfare on Dec. 27, Wyoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/media\/wyoming-moves-slash-oil-and-gas-emissions\">finalized new requirements<\/a> that will mean significant reductions in oil and gas air pollution &#8211; including methane &#8211; statewide. These newly finalized rules require oil and gas producers to regularly check new and modified oil and gas wells and associated infrastructure for leaks, an improvement that EDF and partners like the <a href=\"https:\/\/wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org\/about\/clean-air\/\">Wyoming Outdoor Council<\/a> have been advocating for several years.<\/p>\n<p>And beyond the holidays, the timing of this move could not be better. That is because while Wyoming is requiring twice-yearly leak inspections at new and modified well sites statewide, the Trump administration\u2019s EPA is working to significantly weaken these same leak inspection requirements at the federal level.<\/p>\n<p>The message here is clear: sensible requirements to regularly find and fix leaks make sense in conservative Wyoming, and they should all across the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Protecting communities and stopping waste<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These new Wyoming rules build upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/media\/bold-new-rule-cuts-oil-and-gas-air-pollution-wyoming\">similar requirements<\/a> the state put in place in the Upper Green River Basin (UGRB) in 2015 that have proved very successful at reducing emissions. Where that area once suffered from unhealthy air quality directly related to leaks from oil and gas infrastructure, it is now on track to regain compliance with federal health based air pollution standards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>These rules also set the stage for continuing efforts under new Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon to extend Wyoming\u2019s successful and even stronger UGRB requirements to existing oil and gas wells statewide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And these new requirements will also help increase state revenue. Leaky equipment at oil and gas facilities not only pollutes the air, it wastes valuable natural gas. Wasted natural gas due to leaks, venting and flaring currently deprives state and local communities of significant royalty and tax revenue. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wyoming-Natural-Gas-Waste-Report-WOC2.pdf\">recent report<\/a>\u00a0estimates Wyoming loses as much as $96 million worth of natural gas annually due to these wasteful practices. That costs the state and Wyoming taxpayers an additional $8.8 to $16 million in lost revenue every year.<\/p>\n<p>These requirements were one of the final actions taken by outgoing Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead before he left office on Dec. 31. They are a fitting capstone to his work as governor to further Wyoming\u2019s reputation as a leader on oil and gas air quality requirements, first in the UGRB and now all across the Cowboy State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continuing leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These rules also set the stage for continuing efforts under new Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon to extend Wyoming\u2019s successful and even stronger UGRB requirements to existing oil and gas wells statewide.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of new drilling in Wyoming occurs outside the UGRB \u2013 and will be subject to the new standards \u2013 but this move will leave the vast majority (75 percent) of Wyoming&#8217;s existing oil and gas wells unaddressed.<\/p>\n<p>Much important work remains to be done in the years ahead, along with even more opportunities to toast this red oil and gas state\u2019s continuing commitment to leading air quality requirements that cut pollution and methane waste.<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edf.org%2Fenergyexchange%2F2019%2F01%2F16%2Fconservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution%2F&#038;text=Conservative%20Wyoming%20rises%20to%20the%20occasion%20as%20feds%20roll%20over%20on%20oil%20and%20gas%20pollution%20&#038;via=EDFEnergyEx&#038;related=EDFEnergyEx' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conservative Wyoming rises to the occasion as feds roll over on oil and gas pollution  <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edf.org%2Fenergyexchange%2F2019%2F01%2F16%2Fconservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution%2F&#038;text=Conservative%20Wyoming%20rises%20to%20the%20occasion%20as%20feds%20roll%20over%20on%20oil%20and%20gas%20pollution%20&#038;via=EDFEnergyEx&#038;related=EDFEnergyEx' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lost amid the wrapping paper this holiday season was a very important move in Wyoming to step up and better regulate air pollution from the state\u2019s oil and gas wells. It was one more reason to pop some champagne corks as we rang in the New Year. Without much fanfare on Dec. 27, Wyoming finalized &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12459,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8015,55717,693,42183],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-18714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-quality","category-methane-2","category-natural-gas","category-wyoming"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Conservative Wyoming rises to the occasion as feds roll over on oil and gas pollution - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2019\/01\/16\/conservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conservative Wyoming rises to the occasion as feds roll over on oil and gas pollution - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lost amid the wrapping paper this holiday season was a very important move in Wyoming to step up and better regulate air pollution from the state\u2019s oil and gas wells. 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