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RES-2017-043 Resolution to Slow the Climate Crisis by Reducing Methane Emissions from the Fracked Gas and Power Industries
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RES-2017-043 Resolution to Slow the Climate Crisis by Reducing Methane Emissions from the Fracked Gas and Power Industries
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6/20/2017
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4d
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Agenda - 06-20-2017 - 4-d - Proposed Resolution Regarding Reduction of Methane Emissions
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RES-2017-043 3 <br /> RESOLUTION TO SLOW THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY REDUCING METHANE EMISSIONS <br /> FROM THE FRACKED GAS AND POWER INDUSTRIES <br /> WHEREAS, an unprecedented, three-year global heat wave,1 ongoing sea level rise and increasingly <br /> intense weather extremes are already devastating communities, wildlife and property in North Carolina <br /> and around the world;2 <br /> WHEREAS, those least responsible for causing this crisis have been hurt first and worst, primarily low- <br /> wealth communities and people of color, and humanity is quickly running out of time to slow this <br /> enormous challenge before it accelerates under its own momentum beyond our control; <br /> WHEREAS, methane is 80-100 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping Earth's heat,3 and has <br /> become the driving force behind the rapid heating of the planet;4 <br /> WHEREAS, large amounts of natural gas —which is mostly methane — are being vented and leaked <br /> directly into the air from various gas equipment, with emissions measured at rates of up to 12% of the <br /> total gas produced by wells using fracking technology;5 <br /> WHEREAS, these emissions make burning natural gas for electricity at least three times worse for the <br /> climate than coal,6 in addition to other health impacts and explosion risks;? <br /> WHEREAS, the recent surge in methane emissions is largely due to the US fracking boom,8 which is being <br /> driven by Duke Energy and other utilities' expanded use of gas to generate electricity;9 <br /> WHEREAS, most US gas and electricity corporations are fighting efforts to reduce methane emissions;1° <br /> WHEREAS, reducing methane emissions can be achieved quickly and cost-effectively while creating <br /> thousands of jobs;11 and <br /> WHEREAS, immediately reducing methane emissions from the US natural gas industry can slow global <br /> warming enough to allow time to replace fossil fuels with cheaper clean energy such as solar, wind and <br /> storage technologies;12 now therefore be it <br /> RESOLVED that North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper shall use his constitutionally-granted executive <br /> authority to ensure that: <br /> • by December 31, 2018 no natural gas originating from fracking operations is used in or <br /> transported through North Carolina; <br /> • by December 31, 2022 no other natural gas is used in or transported through North Carolina unless <br /> it can be verified that the methane emissions associated with its production, transportation, and <br /> end use are at most 0.5% of gas pumped from the well; and <br /> • no new natural gas-fired power plants or pipelines are constructed in North Carolina, and all <br /> existing gas plants and pipelines are phased out expeditiously and replaced with clean, renewable <br /> energy. <br /> March 2017 <br />
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