Even though Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas warned a House Committee about over-regulation of methane and standing in the way of efforts to control its emissions, Democrats went ahead and accused the oil and gas industry of “failing” to address leaks of the gas.
In a new report, the Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee contended the industry is not using the latest science to inform its approaches to tackle leaks of the greenhouse gas reported The Hill.
The report was released after Rep. Frank Lucas told the committee there’s too much bureaucratic red tape standing in the way of the industry doing anything quickly to address the issue.
““We don’t need to tax or ban methane in any way. We simply need to cut red tape and allow the energy, agriculture, and waste industries to use the breakthrough technologies being developed and refined every day,” stated Lucas, who is the ranking member of the committee.
The report from Democrats found instead that the industry is not using the latest science to inform its approaches to tackle leaks of the greenhouse gas.
“Existing oil and gas sector [leak detection and repair] programs are failing to mitigate methane emissions from super-emitting leaks. The principal cause of this failure is the unwillingness of oil and gas companies to prioritize super-emitting leaks,” the Democrats wrote.
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