Any questions? Just look at its excessively lax oversight of methane flaring. It hasn’t denied a flaring permit in a decade, writes the Editorial Board.
Expediency in permitting cannot come at the expense of the health of our planet. And the Railroad Commission, which applied to the EPA last month for sole regulatory authority over the carbon capture permitting process in Texas, has simply not earned our trust to do so responsibly.
Methane is a component of natural gas that, when released into the atmosphere, speeds up climate change. Currently, operators must apply to both the RRC and EPA for carbon capture permits. The commission believes having primacy over permitting will streamline an approval process that can take years. But first the RRC must demonstrate that its own regulations are as stringent as the EPA’s during a public comment period that ends on July 1.
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