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NEW: Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane. By @alexcuadros.bsky.social

propublica.orgTrump Plans to Protect Methane-Leaking Stripper Wells. This Billionaire Donor Will Benefit.Oil tycoon Jeffery Hildebrand gave millions to Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign. He is set to reap a financial windfall as the EPA moves to weaken restrictions on wells like his that produce very...

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Republicans are so proud of how easy it is today for them to destroy the planet in seeking quick profits, and how easy it is under this EPA and DOJ to get away with things/crimes that would have been unheard of just a couple years ago.

unfortunately, for us, nature doesn’t care whether we believe in climate change or not in methane doesn’t care either it just traps in order of magnitude more infrared radiation than CO2. We can, however vote these jerks out of office :-)

Heat-trapping power of methane is about 80 times stronger than CO2's. Not that in the last decades methane emissions were controlled efficiently, still there have been regulations in place, and now this - a free pass for disaster.

Deregulation will sadly duplicate the mess we now see in OK. But I suppose, if southern Trump supporters want their water table polluted & their kids poisoned, it is their democratic choice.

"In the event of a disaster, Deep Fission is seeking liability insurance under the Price-Anderson Act, which indemnifies the company in the event of a nuclear accident, providing costs fall above a certain threshold."

And yet: "While the federal government is “contractually required to take the fuel,” Brasel said, Deep Fission aims to have a recycling or disposal facility in place before its boreholes begin to collapse in “40 to 50” years." Sounds reassuring!

Are you goofy or know nothing on the oil business? Ever hear of biogas, syngas or such, even a few turn it into propane. And some wells vent it and burn it to keep explosions from happening or try to keep large already there pockets from all escaping and silently offing everyone around.

He didn’t give all that money because he supports the Republican policy platform, we know this because they don’t even pretend to have one anymore. #MAGA #GOP

The amount of regulations that little king donny & mushy's doge got rid of is going to do massive damage to the environment & Americans. Yet again, the entire world is going to have to deal with the fallout. The MASSIVE, WH money grab is loud & proud & Americans aren't the only ones it hurts.

We will adhere to our ideals and our morals with integrity.We will acknowledge the uncomfortable reality that there will be those who are Corrupt in our government. We must be sure not to seed the grounds of despair that allows their lies and flase promises to grow in the minds of the desperate.

Trump is nothing but predictable when it comes to his views on safety or the environment. He's transactional when it benefits him. You make a donation you get a favor or the industry does. Pick an industry where the safety or environmental laws have been weakened or eliminated look at the donors.