The BlueGreen Alliance submitted comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Waste Emissions Charge (WEC) for petroleum and natural gas systems.

Reducing methane emissions in the United States is an example of how America’s environmental challenges can also be economic opportunities. Investing in methane mitigation will not just make workers and communities around the facilities safer and healthier, but will also generate and support quality, family-sustaining jobs. Through the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP) the  EPA can expedite the pace of investment in methane mitigation by ensuring quick compliance with the EPA’s recently finalized methane emissions standards. The MERP, including the WEC,  is an important plank of the Biden administration’s comprehensive approach to methane mitigation.

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