Fossil Fuel Companies Intentionally Leak Massive Amounts of Methane and Lie About It
And they want you to focus on a single terrible incident of possible “eco-terrorism” while they continue to destroy the climate.
Wouldn’t it be great, the fossil fuel companies are thinking, if we get protection for our continued (profitable) climate abuse while our enemies — people who want to stabilize the climate — take the blame?
The EPA removed all regulations on methane leaks in 2020, another ridiculous Trump Administration initiative. But nothing was being done to restrict those emissions. Even tracking methane leaks was ridiculous. The EPA collected “information” which was voluntary reporting by the companies themselves.
Satellite tracking showed what we could guess: the companies lied and routinely under-reported their climate abuse, by a wide margin. A few companies engage in “methane capture,” but the problem is severe and clearly voluntary action won’t do it.
In fact, complete methane capture wouldn’t do it. We are at Code Red and we need to STOP USING FOSSIL FUELS. That’s what’s needed. We waited way too long (listening to the liars) and did nothing. Now, we need to take desperate and extreme measures to stabilize the climate if we hope to hand over a habitable planet to our children.
