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The White House on Monday announced new steps to help curb emissions of methane, saying it will send $1.15 billion to states to clean up thousands of orphaned oil and gas wells that leak the powerful planet-warming gas.Complete coverage from the COP26 U.N. climate summit
The Biden administration also outlined plans to enforce requirements for pipeline operators to minimize methane leaks, undertake research to reduce methane emissions from beef and dairy systems, and form an interagency working group to measure and report greenhouse gases around the nation.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said in a statement that the new funding “is enabling us to confront the legacy pollution and long-standing environmental injustices” that have long plagued vulnerable communities. “This is good for our climate, for the health of our communities, and for American workers,” […]
Problems like these should be taken care of by private industry, not by the government and the taxpayer. This uncontrolled Biden spending is what is fueling inflation.
Michael,
How absurd! Do you think our earths environment only belongs to the private industry? Should we count on their money hungry motives and actions, to keep the rest of us all safe and breathing?
I’d gladly spend my taxes to support a government who understands evidence, and uses foresight regarding scientific fact. The majority of us voted for “PRESIDENT BIDEN” because of his environmental considerations, and the jobs that would be created regarding them. You might also want to educate yourself on inflation, and how it is actually caused.
Why should the money we pay in taxes be used to unf__k the damage done by the oil barons that have messed up the planet while making millions? The industries that mess up the environment while making millions should pay to clean things up. Mr. Biden, rethink your plan to clean up after the companies raping out planet. It’s their problem. Make them pay for the cleanup. .
This problem has been long standing. The petrochemical industry has been allowed to get away with underfunding their clean-up operations forcing a cost shift to the tax payer. Only until these executives are held accountable and corporations are forced to plan, in cash, for adequate clean up will the problem be resolved. This a continuance of the Reagan era playbook “Privatize the profits and socialize the costs.”