Sierra Club Supporters Submit More than Sixteen Thousand Comments Urging EPA to Finalize Strongest Possible Methane Rule

Comments Show Support for Draft, But More Limits on Flaring Needed to Protect Climate and Public Health 

WASHINGTON, DC — The public comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency’s  (EPA) proposed supplemental rule aimed at cutting methane and other emissions from the oil and gas sector ended February 13th. The broad coalition of methane rule supporters submitted more than 400,000 comments, more than 16,000 of which came from Sierra Club members and supporters, urging EPA to further strengthen the draft rule and quickly finalize, by summer at the latest, and implement it so communities can realize its emission reduction benefits as soon as possible.