Statement by Rev. Mitch Hescox: 

We are pleased to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) newly released standards to reduce methane leakage from both new and existing landfills. The two new rules as implemented will reduce more than 334,000 tons of methane released per year beginning in 2025, the equivalent of 8.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. 

Statement by Rev. Mitch Hescox:

Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released standards for methane pollution from new sources in the oil and gas industry. EPA also released a draft regulation requiring detailed reporting of emissions from existing sources.

We at the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) applaud this positive leadership from the EPA on reducing methane pollution from new sources and the reporting requirements for existing sources.  Nearly 92,000 individual pro-life Christians primarily from Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, have called for the reduction of methane pollution from both new and existing sources.

Statement by Rev. Mitch Hescox:

"Today in a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Obama announced that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin to develop regulations for methane pollution from existing oil and gas resources. A White House statement said that the EPA 'will move as expeditiously as possible to complete this task.'