'We've got a waste issue': Groups press state for stricter methane rules despite budget concerns
Nathalie Eddy, Earthworks Methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) venting captured by Earthworks' Nathalie Eddy in November. This equipment is located in the San Juan Basin and is owned by Hilcorp. Dave Rogers is a reverend in Carlsbad and founder of the group Citizens Caring For the Future. The group started, he said, out of concern in the community about the environmental and health impacts of oil and gas development that was booming in the New Mexico side of the Permian Basin—until the COVID-19 pandemic and the oil market downturn brought production to a near halt in 2020. “[We...
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