Trump and Congress are trying to overturn important rules to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry on our public lands. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently finalized protections that would require companies extracting oil and gas from public lands to reduce their methane emissions.
These standards are not only a big win for public health and the climate, but also for job creation. When companies extract oil and gas from public lands, they are currently allowed to flare or leak unlimited amount of methane pollution into our air -- but this commonsense rule would require them to limit these emissions. And limiting those emissions can create jobs for the people hired to manufacture and install the pollution-limiting technologies.
But now, Senate Republicans are trying to use a dangerous and powerful tool to roll back these important protections. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows Congress to override recently issued rules, going back months under the Obama administration. The CRA would not only block the current standards, but would also prevent any similar standards to ever be issued -- letting polluters off the hook indefinitely.
Make a call now to stop this senseless rollback: 1-888-454-0483. When connected to your senator's office, tell them the following:
"Hi, my name is ___ and I live in ___. I'm calling to ask the senator to commit to voting NO on the CRA of the Bureau of Land Management's Methane Rule. The CRA is a blunt instrument and using it to undo the BLM Methane Rule could have lasting, dangerous consequences for our public health and public lands. I hope the Senator will protect taxpayer resources and clean air by opposing this reckless vote. Thank you."