Great win for methane today! Please use guidance below to amplify on social/release a statement.

 

From: federalmethanedefense@googlegroups.com <federalmethanedefense@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Lauren Pollack
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 1:15 PM
To: methanepartners@lists.catf.us; Federal Methane Defense <federalmethanedefense@googlegroups.com>
Subject: MESSAGING/SOCIAL GUIDANCE: BLM Legal Decision

 

Hi Everyone,

In a scathing decision yesterday, a federal judge in California ruled that the Bureau of Land Management's hasty repeal of the 2016 Methane and Waste Prevention Rule illegally steamrolled Western communities and taxpayers in favor of fossil fuel executives. 

 

The Court vacated BLM’s Rescission Rule and re-instated the 2016 Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, effective 90 days after July 15.

Please use the talking points and social guidance below (also here) to amplify this win for taxpayers and Western communities.

 

Thanks!

Lauren 

 

Messaging and Social Guidance for BLM Legal Decision

 

Talking Points

  • This decision is a victory for taxpayers, and a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration's hasty and illegal attempt to steamroll Western communities for their fossil fuel allies.

 

  • Reinstating the Bureau of Land Management's 2016 Methane and Waste Prevention Rule is a cost-effective solution to curb methane waste that protects taxpayers, our lands, and our communities, by requiring oil and gas companies to regularly check for and repair leaks. 

 

  • Curbing methane waste with these safeguards means less pollution AND more revenues for the communities and taxpayers that are reeling from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. These revenues from oil and gas development are needed more than ever to support communities, by funding critical school programs and infrastructure projects. 

 

  • This decision is a win for communities and taxpayers who have been robbed by the Trump administration in an effort to let their corporate polluter pals off the hook for venting, flaring, and leaking methane on public and Tribal lands. 

 

Social Guidance

 

JUST IN: A federal judge has reinstated the critical @BLMNational #CutMethane rule. This is a HUGE win for taxpayers & communities burdened by methane waste from #oilandgas development on public & Tribal lands and puts #PeopleOverPolluters https://bit.ly/2OxK9bL 

 

SCATHING REBUKE OF TRUMP: A federal judge reinstated @BLMNational’s 2016 #CutMethane rule! The Trump admin can't boost fossil fuel CEOs by steamrolling Western communities & creating more methane waste on public & Tribal lands. #PeopleOverPolluters https://bit.ly/2OxK9bL

BIG WIN: A federal judge has reinstated @BLMNational's 2016 rule to #CutMethane waste from #oilandgas development on public & Tribal lands. Now, revenue generated by capturing methane can be used to fund education & infrastructure. #PeopleOverPolluters https://bit.ly/2OxK9bL 

People > Polluters: A federal judge has reinstated @BLMNational's 2016 rule to #CutMethane waste. Now, revenue generated by cutting methane waste on public & Tribal lands can support local governments with limited resources during the #COVID19 crisis. https://bit.ly/2OxK9bL 

THANK YOU: @AGBecerra for standing up to @realDonaldTrump & @SecBernhardt, & for putting our communities FIRST! The administration's hasty and illegal attack on federal #CutMethane safeguards put all of us at risk. https://bit.ly/2OxK9bL 

THANK YOU:@HectorBalderas for standing up to @realDonaldTrump & @SecBernhardt, & for putting our communities FIRST! The administration's hasty and illegal attack on federal #CutMethane safeguards put all of us at risk. https://bit.ly/2OxK9bL 

 

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Lauren Pollack
STG
(c) 203.524.4610
www.stgresults.com 

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