Comments submitted – BLM Methane Rule
On February 15, 2016, the Sierra Club submitted comments related to the BLM’s proposed Methane Rule. The Methane Rule will clamp down on the loss of natural gas from roughly 100,000 wells on federal and tribal lands. The Sierra Club applauds Secretary Jewell on this action! Excerpts of our comments: The 2,500 members of the Northern New Mexico Group of Sierra Club commend the Bureau of Land Management for the recently proposed Methane Rule. We appreciate the opportunity to comment in ...
New Mexicans seize opportunity to discuss recent methane standards
Farmington, N.M. — On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) held a public hearing at San Juan College in Farmington, providing community members the opportunity to offer their support for the methane standards proposed earlier this year. Those speaking in favor of the proposed rules outnumbered those in opposition by more than 2 to 1. The recently proposed standards will reduce methane waste from oil and gas operations on public lands, complementing the safeguards proposed by the Environmental Protection ...
Chapter statement on BLM methane rule
Friday, Jan. 22, is a promising day for New Mexico taxpayers and for our health and climate. On Friday morning, most of New Mexico’s congressional delegation sent a letter urging EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to not only strengthen and finalize its rule to reduce methane waste from new oil and gas drilling operations, but to issue a new rule addressing existing sources. New Mexico’s senators and U.S. Reps. Ben R. Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham noted the health benefits of ...
Over 25,000 New Mexicans Support Cutting Methane Emissions
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Director, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 Resources: Power Point Presentation | Video of Methane Venting in Aztec NM A coalition of groups from around the state announced Tuesday that more than 25,000 New Mexicans have submitted comments in support of Obama Administration safeguards that would help to reduce dangerous methane leakage from oil and gas operations around the country. Citizens have until Friday, Dec. 4, to comment and can do so at www.sc.org/CutMethane “More ...
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Director, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 Resources: Power Point Presentation | Video of Methane Venting in Aztec NM A coalition of groups from around the state announced Tuesday that more than 25,000 New Mexicans have submitted comments in support of Obama Administration safeguards that would help to reduce dangerous methane leakage from oil and gas operations around the country. Citizens have until Friday, Dec. 4, to comment and can do so at www.sc.org/CutMethane “More ...
New Mexico at center of Obama’s climate-change proposal
By Troy Wllde, Public News Service New Mexico may be among the states most impacted by President Barack Obama's effort to regulate and reduce methane gas emissions. Mike Eisenfeld, New Mexico energy coordinator for the advocacy group San Juan Citizens Alliance, says NASA released a report last year that shows the Four Corners region is a hot spot, responsible for producing the largest concentration of methane seen over the United States. He says the proposed regulations should be implemented with ...
