Methane flare
Source: Clean Air Task Force Action

Stuff you need to know, 12.5.23

“Environmental groups react to new methane rule”
by Hannah Grover, NM Political Report
December 5, 2023

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule on Saturday that sets a national standard that states and communities can follow to curb pollution-causing methane emissions from oil and gas operations. New Mexico, which passed even stricter regulations in 2021 that the governor’s office says have since reduced methane emissions in the state by 55 percent, may have provided a model for the new federal regulations.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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