{"id":9085,"date":"2014-12-22T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=9085"},"modified":"2014-12-22T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T17:17:07","slug":"we-need-strong-national-methane-rules-heres-how-we-get-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/12\/22\/we-need-strong-national-methane-rules-heres-how-we-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"We need strong national methane rules. Here’s how we get there."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Karin Rives, EDF’s editorial manager and editor of the EDF Voices blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

New York\u2019s statewide ban on fracking is a vindication for communities around the country that have been hit hard by unconventional natural gas production, writes Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund\u2019s president, in a Dec. 22 op-ed piece<\/a> in The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

It demonstrates what can happen when oil and gas producers erode public trust by brushing aside legitimate questions \u2013 and reinforces the urgent need for strong, sensible regulation.<\/p>\n

The growing controversy surrounding our natural gas industry has created a decisive moment for President Obama.<\/p>\n

As the administration prepares a policy to reduce\u00a0methane emissions<\/a>\u00a0from the oil and gas sector, the president has an opportunity to cut both energy waste and climate pollution \u2013 in addition to protecting the ecosystem and public health.<\/p>\n

In a second op-ed piece<\/a> published Dec. 17 in The Hill, Fred lays out five principles that should guide the national methane standards the Obama administration is expected to announce soon:<\/p>\n

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  1. A voluntary policy won\u2019t do the job.<\/li>\n
  2. The policy must specifically target methane.<\/li>\n
  3. The policy must be comprehensive.<\/li>\n
  4. The policy must match the scale of the problem.<\/li>\n
  5. The policy must look to the states for models.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Today, there are no limits on methane pollution from most operations in the booming oil and gas sector \u2013 the largest industrial source of these greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

    Even as states and municipalities continue to restrict drilling\u00a0\u2013\u00a0New York’s decision was the second rebuke in a little more than a month, following several others over the past couple of years\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the United States will continue to consume vast quantities of natural gas.<\/p>\n

    Like many other organizations, EDF is working hard to accelerate the shift to clean, renewable energy sources. But we also recognize the truth: We won\u2019t break our dependence on fossil fuel for years to come, Fred writes.<\/p>\n

    This is why the Environmental Protection Agency can and must regulate the oil and natural gas sector to protect communities and end the era of unlimited industrial methane pollution.<\/p>\n

    Learn more from Fred\u2019s articles in The Washington Post<\/a> and\u00a0The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    This post originally appeared on EDF’s Voices Blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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