Dominion & NiSource Bow Down to Lord Obama, Worship the EPA
Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the Natural Gas STAR Methane Challenge Program at the Global Methane Forum held in Washington, DC. The Methane Challenge is a "voluntary" program for obsequious companies to pretend they're concerned about so-called fugitive methane escaping into the atmosphere and toasting Mom Earth. Silly, we know--but this is how some billion dollar companies gain favors from the political establishment--and improve their evil fossil fuel image with the nutjobs who believe in this stuff. Tragically, several Marcellus midstream companies, including Dominion, NiSource and UGI signed on to this flummery. There are 41 such companies from across the country who have signed on to the Methane Challenge (we list them all below). Prediction: It won't be long before this "voluntary" program becomes involuntary--with the jackboots of the EPA on the necks of all oil and gas companies to get them to comply with the unrealistic standards in the program...
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