More on Wolf/Quigley 4-Point Plan to Reduce Methane Emissions

In January Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced a 4-point plan to supposedly reduce the amount of methane leaking from various oil and gas related activities--like drilling, compressor stations, etc. (see PA Gov. Wolf’s Plan to Kill Drilling via Methane Emissions Regs). A few days later Wolf's Secretary for the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), John Quigley, further expounded on this manifestly poor idea (see Quigley Expounds on Methane Emissions Plan: Drillers to Get Hosed). The concern is that methane is a so-called greenhouse gas and that "fugitive" methane escapes into the atmosphere and will toast ole Mom Earth. Dumb as rocks--but there it is. To prevent old Mom Earth from toasting, Wolf and Quigley's answer is the same as every liberal Democrat's answer: more regulation. Last week the DEP revealed a little bit more about where they're going with this...

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