About how methane pollution happens and technologies available to fix these problems. They spoke before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. As a reminder, members participating in a hearing remotely should be visible on camera throughout the hearing and for members and person, masks are optional for the office of the wise. As a reminder, statements, documents, motions, must be submitted to the electronic repository to assist ccc dot repository at mail dot house. Gov. Finally, members and witnesses experiencing any technical problems should inform the Committee Staff immediately. Good morning, welcome to our cutting methane pollution, safeguarding, help creating jobs, and protecting our climate, hearing. Today well review Community Perspectives on Public Health, climate, and jobs. And the economic benefits of cutting methane pollution from oil and gas infrastructure. I will now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Welcome to part two, a very hearing statement on methane. The second largest source of heat trapping pollution in a major contributor to the Climate Crisis. Last week, we discussed a perspectives on cutting methane pollution and waste from the oil and gas sector. This week, we will discuss how slashing methane will help us safeguard the public help, create family sustain the jobs, and improve lives across the nation. It is clear that we need federal action. To reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas sector, which limits a largest industrial source in the United States. According to the majority staff report from the house size committee, oil and Gas Companies are routinely being to address super emitting leaks. Deployment of technologies to find and repaired leaks is limited, and it is inconsistent. In order to fix this, it is crucial that the federal government holds producers accountable for waste leaks. As well as harmful practices like venting and flaring. Unless we step up our, work American Families will continue to face a costly harms posed by the super pollutant. The Health Risks Associated with nothing pollution are clear. Americans Living Near Oil and Gas Production suffer more action attacks, as well as other long in heart problems. Living your oil and gas wells can be dangerous to pregnant women, causing lower birth weeds and preachers. In two key many cases these farms fallen frontline communities, including communities of color, and low income neighborhoods. But these outcomes are entirely avoidable. There are Ample Technologies available to help producers cut methane and Cost Effective ways. These include Continuous Monitoring technologies, handheld Optical Imaging sensors that use infrared light, satellites that detect plumes from individual sites, and technologies to cleanly canvassed methane on site. Deploying these technologies would allow the oil and gas sector to slash its methane emissions in half at no net cost. This is low hanging fruit, these technologies can reduced waste, and help save customers produces money. But we need more customers to take advantage of them. Strong methane regulations from the Environmental Protection agency to address the industries wasteful methane leaks will help drive innovation, and have supplement, create jobs. Good news, we are getting help from the biden administration. Last week, along with the european union, and others, President Biden helped launch the global methane pledge, energy pathway. It is a commitment to drive down nothing pollution in the oil and gas sector, and to a lab Eliminator Team flaring is to just possible. The president is also committed to slashing methane emissions in half by 2020 by 2030. As proposed, epa who would reduce methane emissions by roughly 41 million tons through 2025. House democrats have also taken action. In the energy act 2020, we included improvements to natural gas safety, as well as requirements for minimum performance standards, strict, lines with the use of advanced technologies to find and repair nothing leaks. Last year, we passed a bipartisan resolution, which acronym trump administrations attempt to weekend methane safeguards. On to the bipartisan infrastructure law, we invested 4. 7 billion dollars to help states and tribes login remediate abandoned oil and gas wells. We also increased funding for reclaiming abandoned mines, modern terrorizing pipelines, and addressing orphan wealth. The house passed reconciliation bill also included a methane fee to dress wasteful pollution. And the house passed bipartisan innovation act, including provisions to help to prepare and replace the gas distribution pipeline. So getting her fame for methane pollution will protect the Public Health and the climate. It will catalyze growth of new Small Businesses and it will create tens of thousands of new jobs. So i would look forward to hearing from our witnesses today, as we bring these cost saving benefits to more american communities. I yield back about my time, and recognize the Ranking Member mr. Graves of louisiana for his fiveminute opening scene. Thank you, madam chair. I want to thank the witnesses for being here, and those that are here on line. Representative louisiana, i would argue as one state that is probably more risk from sea rise, from more intense storms than probably anywhere else in the country. And miss tom check, Moms Clean Air force. Ive got kids too, and i think a lot about the country that we leave them. The plan that we leave them. You see the news and you listen all the narratives that are out there and you get this perspective that one sides here, and another sides over here. When you actually start digging in and look at the data, the reality is you get a very different picture. You get a very different picture. I remind you that the United States has led the world in reducing emissions. We have let the world. I remind you that russian gas when it is delivered to your has 41 higher life cycle emissions. Russian gas delivered to asia, 47 higher life cycle emissions, as compared to the United States. The biden ministration has said, very clearly, the biden ministration, that there is going to be a significant increase in natural gas to be out of the next 30 years. They have said that there is going to be a 50 increase in Global Energy demand of the next 20 years. Yet, what is happening in the United States . We are watching our Administration Carry out policies that shuts down american oil and Gas Production. So you can say, oh this is great because we are getting rid of oil and Gas Production, so that is gonna reduce emissions, because they were. With the facts show is that that results in higher global emissions. Dont shake your head, that is a fact. It is a fact. You want to debate me, i cant wait. I can be to debate this. Because United States has some of the lowest intensity of emissions that conventional fuel production than any other country in the world. Dont take my word for, it at cias data. And it is crystal clear. It is crystal clear. You want to argue with me in the other one, National Energy technology labs, 2019, september job report. I would love to have a discussion. And so heres the thing, what do we do . Instead of going out there and stopping germany from building the nord stream 2 pro pipeline, the president United States effectively loves the remaining sanctions are blocking that were being built. You are facilitating more russian gas going to germany. Do you know we just took, just the gas coming in from russia into europe, in 2021, if we just stopped it and replaced. Not just, objects not to replace it, with u. S. Gas, do you know that the life cycle emissions reduction wouldve been 218 million tons Greenhouse Gas reductions. Tune in 18 million tons. According to your testimony, as you recall, he said theres 8 million tons of methane emissions from u. S. Oil gas and coal production. And im not gonna sit here tragedy math between total Greenhouse Gas emissions and nothing but my gosh. To an 18 million from one year. And according to testimony, i believe its 1 million tons for oil, gas, ankle. For all Energy ProductionUnited States. This administration shuts down the Keystone Pipeline whenever you have his own press secretary standing up and saying, oh no, they didnt stop the production of the areas where the keystone was gonna transport from. Theyre sending it to dully different means, theres higher emissions, and greater pant chance of spelling. Wait a minute, trying to do this and protect the environment. You know, whats happening right now this administrations policies they say, will Ban Russian Oil, will Ban Russian Oil and stop it. We said this was gonna happen when, we set it on february 22nd. If you dont do this right, it will cause greater emissions and problems. Look whats happening right now, russias making more money, making more money off their oil today than they were before they invaded ukraine. Look at their economy, look at the room. You know weve done, worst shelling selling Cheaper Energy to india and to china, which has higher Greenhouse Gas emissions. All weve done, incentivize the purchase of russian oil that has greater Greenhouse Gas emissions. Nice job. And on top of it, weve actually incentivized a source and on top of it, weve undermined the u. S. Economy and lost competitiveness. You know, ive been accused by the way, some of the lowest intensity of emissions and Energy Production in the world. Ive been accused of being of a shield of the oil and gas industry, the policies this administrations carried out, have resulted in over 100 percent increase in gasoline that have been heard as price gouging and all these massive profits from these companies. Whose cause that . They have, the policies were advocating for lower emissions. Ill ask you a question, whos the environmentalist . I want to welcome our witnesses patrice tomcik, field manager with Moms Clean Air force, she advocates for equitable solution to protect Childrens Health from air pollution and Climate Change. A resident of pennsylvania mrs. Tom chick, became involved Moms Clean Air force as a volunteer, joining other local parents to push for clean air safeguards after fracking was permitted at gas wells near her Childrens School. Doctor ribald kleinberg, senior richard scholar at Columbia University center for Global Energy policy. His work focuses on Energy Technology and economics as well as an environmental and oil and gas industry. Doctor kleinberg has a university of california, san diego. A sikh fellow at the Boston University institute for sustainable energy. It doctor caroline adlen, cofounder and Vice President of product markets at long path technology. A Greenhouse GasEmissions Monitoring Service based in boulder, colorado. Dr. Alan earned her doctorate in geology from the university of colorado, boulder. She previously worked with the National OceanicCarbon Cycle Group long green as gas flux algorithms. Sarah ann smith, chief of programs with Clean Air Task force, a member of Clean Air Task for Senior Leadership team, miss smith led the growth of the or organizations Methane Emissions Program building up a small team its substantial Global Operation on four continents. Without objection, the witnesses written statement he made part of the record, with that miss tom shakier now recognized for five minutes. Welcome. , thank you and welcome to managing member graves, members of the select committee, thank you for inviting me here today to speak about protecting our health, our climate, by cutting methane produce shun. Im patrice tomcik, field manager Moms Clean Air force, a National Community a more than 1 million moms, and caregivers united to protect our Childrens Health from air pollution can Climate Change. We envision a safe, equitable future World Teacher believed me there and live in a stable climate. Im a mother of two boys living in southwest pennsylvania on top of the merciless sailor, oil and gas operations are located in communities like mine. In the u. S. , the oil and gas sector is the largest industrial source of methane pollution, contributing to Climate Change methane is important Greenhouse Gas, the main component of natural gas. Children who live, learn and play near oil and gas operations face higher risk of exposure to oil and gas industry time full air pollution, across our nation more than 3. 9 million chill half a mile oil and gas operations might children attend the Mars Area School district, weather is gas wells, and gathering pipelines. The closest wells that have been fracked are approximately half a mile away from my Childrens School campus. Worth 3200 Students Health is put at risk, oil and gas operations and the climate method can organic compounds otherwise known as both can contribute to ground level ozone or smog. Smog the log irritant that triggers asthma tax, increases long infections. Children have a higher respiratory rate than adults, and thats can be higher rates of air pollution than adults. My boys play Outdoor Sports for school, im very concerned about what theyre breathing into theyre still developing lungs. In addition, the benzene are made by oil and gas operations, benzene can infect Lung Development and children, increase the risk of immune system damage, neurological problems and cancer such as childhood leukemia. As a parent of a child who had leukemia, i know firsthand how critical clean air is to good health. In fact, it was my youngest sons cancer journey that motivated me to speak out about protecting Childrens Health long before the first gas well with fracked near my school. Every day i send my kids to school i fear for their health. This is especially true for carson, whos at a higher risk of having cancer again. Im constantly reminded about how important my work is to protect Childrens Health from air pollution and Climate Change. The families i work for will tell you that our Climate Crisis is a health crisis. These families are experience Climate Change an impact so in smoke from recordbreaking wildfires poisons the air from millions across the west. When severe heat waves, regularly threaten Public Health praying on older adults, pregnant women, and low income community. The list goes on. This is happening right now, were all impacted by a especially at risk or black indigenous, and latino communities, who are disproportionately exposed to the effects from Climate Change and harmful pollution from oil and gas operations. We need Environmental Justice now, we need Climate Justice now. Quickly and significantly reducing methane pollution is one of the best levers we have to slow the rate of Climate Change now and clean up the air to protect Childrens Health