Two states sue over Trump administration suspending a rule that would save taxpayers $330 million
Source: Think Progress
Attorneys general from California and New Mexico filed a lawsuit Wednesday over Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s postponement of the Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste prevention rule. The suit holds that the Interior Department’s failure to implement the rule will cost California taxpayers substantial royalty payments and furthers the Trump administration’s attack on public health.
“President Trump should put the health of the American people over the profits of private companies,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “This is a commonsense rule that both helps our children breathe cleaner air and protects our planet. It should be implemented as is legally required. We refuse to let blatant violations of the law go unchallenged.”
BLM’s methane rule seeks to reduce the wasteful release into the atmosphere of methane — the primary component of natural gas — from oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands. Studies show the rule would save $330 million worth of taxpayer-owned gas annually and would result in $800 million in direct payments to the public over the next decade.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/ca-nm-sue-over-methane-rule-blm-91fbb67a9549
I guess when the sexual predator and his yes man, Zinke, didn't see the imagines of Methane coming out of ground near LA, lets remind this ass***(s) what happens..................
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