The Environmental Defense Fund has done extensive testing and monitoring of methane pollution in the Permian Basin and has consistently found alarming levels of methane being flared or simply released.
TEXAS — A United Nations-sponsored survey of the world’s top polluters shows the Permian Basin in West Texas is the biggest source of pollution on the planet.A new report sponsored by the United Nations identifies the Permian Basin in West Texas as the top polluter in the world
President Joe Biden has just announced new EPA rules designed to close loopholes and force states like Texas to aggressively monitor and regulate methane releases and flares “This is the United States, we should be leading in trying to create the cleanest energy we can,” said Jon Goldstein, spokesperson for the Environmental Defense Fund. “We shouldn’t be leading on having the most highly polluting oil and gas basin in the world.”
Environmentalist Sharon Wilson of Earthworks Texas is the state’s most active monitors of methane emissions in the Permian Basin. She took infrared video just weeks ago of invisible greenhouse gases billowing out of a vent stack reportedly equipped with the latest environmental equipment.
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