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Environmental groups press Pennsylvania to adopt durable methane standards and use satellite monitoring
Summary
Sierra Club, EDF, Earthworks and Clean Air Council told a House committee Pennsylvania should adopt state methane standards (not merely cross‑reference federal rules), expand enforcement tools including satellites and target existing low‑producing wells responsible for large shares of leakage.
Environmental advocates urged the House Environmental Committee to move beyond incorporation by reference and adopt durable state methane standards while adding satellite monitoring to enforcement.
Andres Restrepo, senior attorney for the Sierra Club, told lawmakers methane is a potent short‑lived climate pollutant (he cited estimates that methane is many times more powerful than carbon dioxide over near‑term horizons) and argued Pennsylvania cannot rely on uncertain federal enforcement. "DEP must forge ahead now with the most protective possible methane controls," Restrepo said, noting states such as Colorado,…
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