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Their view: GOP tolerance for despotism keeps rising

<p>Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler was unfortunately correct when he told oil and gas industry elites at the recent Shale Insight conference that the industry has &#8220;a new champion in the White House.&#8221; He&#8217;s right because the current administration is bent on disregarding scientific facts and catering to the needs of the oil and gas industry.</p><p>Methane is an extremely potent greenhouse gas and leaks from every phase of natural gas production and transmission. Pennsylvania, the second largest producer of natural gas, leaks around 520,000 tons of methane annually, according to a recent Environmental Defense Fund analysis. Methane is responsible for 25 percent of the global warming impacts we see today and the natural gas industry is the largest source of human-made methane in the country.</p><p>It is alarming to hear that the EPA is weakening methane pollution standards for the oil and gas industry. Weakening these common sense regulations that were in place and working undermines the Clean Air Act and is a clear win for polluters. Wheeler must reverse course and withdraw EPA&#8217;s rollback of these critical methane pollution standards.</p><p>A majority of Americans believe climate change is real, and that the government should control harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry. Sadly, the EPA seems to have forgotten what the E and the P in their acronym stand for. It&#8217;s time the EPA got back to protecting the environment instead of industry profits.</p><p><strong>Scott Cannon</strong></p><p>Plymouth</p><style>
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Your view: EPA needs to get back to protecting