Decade that opened with pipeline disasters closes with mixed progress on safety

Decade that opened with pipeline disasters closes with mixed progress on safety 

by Tom DiChristopher, S&P Global (Dec 30, 2019) – Democrats have also recently sought to tackle climate change through more stringent rules on methane emissions from pipelines, arguing that PHMSA’s mandate includes protecting the environment. Republicans pushed back on that view, but stakeholders said overlap between pipeline safety and climate policy appears inevitable given the rise of global warming as a top Democratic issue. “I think that that will continue to be a push in the next decade — maybe the highest push,” Weimer said.