CERAWeek 2021 press conference on oil & gas methane pollution
Channel: Earthworks
Date: 2021-03-01

Residents living near oil and gas operations and environmental advocates layout why oil and gas companies must support bold action on #climate with reductions in methane pollution.

The CERAWeek 2021 conference is the industry's first opportunity to collectively send a clear signal of whether or not they are willing to support the Biden administration’s efforts to “use every tool available” to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas sector.
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The Methane Pollution Crisis, Opportunity for Climate Action

Methane is a potent climate pollutant–over 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide–that is accelerating climate change; one in three people in the U.S. lives in a county with oil and gas production, and oil and gas facilities leak nearly thirteen million tons of methane a year. 

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has set clear climate targets that we must meet by the end of this decade in order to avoid climate catastrophe. President Biden has a robust agenda to tackle the climate crisis, and has already taken action through his executive order calling on all federal agencies to do everything in their power to reduce oil and gas methane pollution. 

Now, the pressure is on companies at CERAWeek to demonstrate that they are sincere about being a part of the solution to the climate crisis-- and that it’s not all talk.

They can do this by supporting federal rules that put the full force of the Clean Air Act to work.