For eight years, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented research indicating that oil and gas companies can reduce their prolific methane emissions cost-effectively. For eight years, oil and gas companies have failed to do so.
The current wave of carbon capture projects and government subsidies will only further entrench the fossil fuel industry and its impacts.
It is clearer than ever that the climate crisis requires a rapid and managed phase-out of fossil fuel production. Reducing the wasteful practice of emitting methane into the atmosphere does not give the gas industry a pass. They need to clean up and wind down. And they need to start now.
This victory comes as an enormous relief to people all along the more than 600 miles of pipeline route through West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.
Four days in the Permian Basin is enough. It’s overwhelming in every way. It’s overwhelming the carrying capacity of the land. It’s overwhelming the community. And as Permian oil, gas, and toxic gas liquids flood global markets, it’s overwhelming our climate.
