When the Trump administration announced that it was loosening regulations on the release of methane, one of the worst of the greenhouse gases, I expected the frackers and the pipeline people to be joyful. After all, PennEast’s proposed compressor station in Kidder Township in Carbon County will release over a hundred tons of methane annually.
The American Petroleum Institute did celebrate. It announced that companies were controlling leaks without government intervention. (That statement, by the way, is a flat-out lie.)
On the other hand, BP, Exxon Mobil, and Shell were not happy. They are members of the international group called the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, pledged to reduce emissions. They are also under pressure from stockholders, activists, and their own employees. They know that if they don’t clean up their act, public pressure will mount against their industries no matter what the Trump Administration announces.
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