Trump's methane rollback hands polluters a free pass

Trump guts methane protections

President Donald Trump announced his administration will eliminate federal methane protections. He claimed this benefits consumers, but the real winners are polluters avoiding emissions limits.

“the real winners are polluters”

Part of a broader rollback

This follows the administration's recent repeal of limits on climate pollution from fossil fuel power plants. Both actions attack climate protections at a moment they are most needed.

Millions already live near wells

Nearly eighteen million people in the United States, including more than one million young children, live near oil and gas wells.

Public supports strong protections

Recent polling finds broad support for methane protections. Across California, Colorado, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Texas, seventy-two percent support their state adopting stringent rules to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Methane accelerates climate harms

Methane is a potent climate pollutant that accelerates global warming far faster than carbon dioxide over a twenty-year timeframe.This drives health harms including extreme heat, heat-related illnesses, worsened air pollution, asthma, and poor birth outcomes.

Parents demand accountability

Mothers and caregivers say the administration's rollback contradicts its messaging on making American families healthy. They will keep demanding the EPA protect children's health and futures over record profits for the fossil fuel industry.

“protecting our children's health and their futures matters more than record profits for the fossil fuel industry”