Amplifying the Message about Leaky Wells on the Radio

Public News Service recently interviewed Kayley Shoup, organizer for Citizens Caring for the Future (an affiliate of NMEP-IPL), about the push by the The Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico to exclude smaller-producing wells removed from new rules for oil and gas production in counties that are pushing the federal ozone threshold.

Here is a text of the report

“Despite participating in the extensive public process and originally supporting the new rules, the Independent Petroleum Association is now claiming its members should not have to comply and says the rules could cause hundreds, if not thousands, of wells to cease operations prematurely.”

And Kayley’s quote:

“Every other industry is regulated,” she said. “The least they can do is inspect these wells that are leak-prone and causing methane emissions that are warming the planet and also harming the health of communities.”

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