"Companies want to be able to *say* that they're well regulated, they don't actually want to be well regulated."
@fieldnotes' Julia Kane explains why the oil & gas industry is pushing the Trump admin to hollow out methane regs, but not fully repeal them. bit.ly/4BkgR6x
“EPA is giving oil and gas corps exactly what they’ve long wanted, a toothless methane standard they can use to pretend they’re well-regulated, all while they continue to knowingly leak & flare dangerous amounts of the heat-trapping gas.” — FN's Julia Kane
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EPA is about to gut methane regulations, the result of “a coordinated industry strategy in which fossil fuel groups maneuvered behind the scenes to avoid regulatory accountability.”
@RSanta_notClaus reports for @MotherJones:
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@exxonmobil is one of the forces behind the Recycled Materials Attribution Act (HR 7502), a federal bill that would unfortunately codify and expand so-called “chemical recycling” across the US, according to excellent investigative journalism from @JoshVoorhees at @fldnotes_.
We recommend reading the full article, but here are the top takeaways:
“ExxonMobil is waging a sophisticated campaign of misdirection to weaken regulations on the processing of plastic waste into new industrial feedstocks and fuels, confidential documents obtained by Fieldnotes reveal.
In the past two years, the oil giant has:
-concealed its work behind a new industry front group, the Recycling Leadership Council;
-quietly enlisted the support of some of the world’s largest companies—including via an apparent quid pro quo with major pesticide manufacturers; and
-obscured its intent with legislative sleight of hand in a bill it ‘[d]eveloped and championed.’”
Corporations must reduce the amount of plastic they create, not weaken existing regulations.
fieldnotes.co/investigations…#exxon#plastic#climatechange
Check out our investigation—based on internal comms that were never meant to be public, FOIA records, and more—to learn how industry has been maneuvering behind the scenes. ⬇️ fieldnotes.co/investigations…
✅ Legislative sleight of hand and a handful of friendly congressmen.
✅ A secret deal with the world’s largest pesticide makers.
✅ A bespoke trade group fronted by global soda and snack giants.
Join Fieldnotes and @climatecosts on 9/16 for a media briefing previewing what we uncovered investigating the oil & gas industry’s efforts to gut methane regs during the second Trump admin.
Confidential docs obtained by Fieldnotes reveal: Exxon “developed and championed” RMAA, a bill that would redefine recycling for its own benefit. It’s gone to great lengths to hide that fact. fieldnotes.substack.com/p/exxons-advan…
To learn more about the oil & gas industry’s decades-long campaign to deflect regulations and how corporations are currently working behind-the-scenes with the Trump admin to gut the rules, tune into our briefing with @climatecosts next week.
New: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas. propub.li/4AdslbE
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