Jon Goldstein
@jonwgoldstein.bsky.social
Energy, environmental policy and the Baltimore Orioles. Not always in that order.
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As Colorado’s ranchers struggle to get by, President Trump must not make matters worse by creating more uncertainty.
Yet his incoherent trade policies continue to betray our ranchers, making it harder for them to recover from years of hardship.
Yet his incoherent trade policies continue to betray our ranchers, making it harder for them to recover from years of hardship.
Colorado ranchers say White House beef policy is making a tough job even tougher
Ranchers and industry advocates said the Trump administration's decision to buy more Argentinian beef was particularly damaging because the announcement came during the one time of year when local ran...
coloradosun.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As Colorado’s ranchers struggle to get by, President Trump must not make matters worse by creating more uncertainty.
Yet his incoherent trade policies continue to betray our ranchers, making it harder for them to recover from years of hardship.
Yet his incoherent trade policies continue to betray our ranchers, making it harder for them to recover from years of hardship.
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Excellent analysis by Pembina: Delaying Alberta’s 75% methane target by 5 years would result in 1.9 Mt of additional methane in the atmosphere ... the same amount of emissions as is produced by 12 million gas cars over the course of a year. Or roughly half the cars in Canada.
No, the Ottawa-Alberta MoU is not a win on methane | Pembina Institute
Last week’s memorandum of understanding between the federal government and the Government of Alberta was a step backwards for reducing methane emissions in Canada. While much of the focus has been on…
www.pembina.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Excellent analysis by Pembina: Delaying Alberta’s 75% methane target by 5 years would result in 1.9 Mt of additional methane in the atmosphere ... the same amount of emissions as is produced by 12 million gas cars over the course of a year. Or roughly half the cars in Canada.
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Wise counsel from CEC's Rachel Doran: "Canada must work diligently to ensure it is not trading future climate promises that, as history suggests, could be reneged on in exchange for higher oil- and gas-related emissions today." cleanenergycanada.org/ottawa-alber...
Ottawa-Alberta "grand bargain” could trade away Canada’s climate framework if firm negotiations don’t follow - Clean Energy Canada
TORONTO — Rachel Doran, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Canada-Alberta Memorandum of Understanding regarding a new energy deal: “Today’s…
cleanenergycanada.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Wise counsel from CEC's Rachel Doran: "Canada must work diligently to ensure it is not trading future climate promises that, as history suggests, could be reneged on in exchange for higher oil- and gas-related emissions today." cleanenergycanada.org/ottawa-alber...
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Delaying the #cutmethane rule ignores the broad, bipartisan support behind these commonsense safeguards and dismisses the voices of local, Tribal and state elected officials working for clean air, a healthier climate, and strong economies.
E.P.A. Delays Requirements to Cut Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Delaying the #cutmethane rule ignores the broad, bipartisan support behind these commonsense safeguards and dismisses the voices of local, Tribal and state elected officials working for clean air, a healthier climate, and strong economies.
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In 10 years, BC’s gas production grew by more than 2/3, while methane emissions fell by more than 50%. It met its 2025 methane target 2 years early and is making good progress to 2030. We urgently need federal regulations ensuring the rest of Canada catches up. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run
This year’s COP is a vital moment for Prime Minister Mark Carney to deliver on a key Canadian climate promise, showcase responsible energy development, and advance economic opportunities.
www.hilltimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In 10 years, BC’s gas production grew by more than 2/3, while methane emissions fell by more than 50%. It met its 2025 methane target 2 years early and is making good progress to 2030. We urgently need federal regulations ensuring the rest of Canada catches up. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
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We’re glad to see #methane mentioned in the #federalbudget —but actions speak louder than words. Canada needs clear targets and timelines to drive these emissions down and give our kids a chance at a livable future. Cut it now - for our kids, our air, our future.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We’re glad to see #methane mentioned in the #federalbudget —but actions speak louder than words. Canada needs clear targets and timelines to drive these emissions down and give our kids a chance at a livable future. Cut it now - for our kids, our air, our future.
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Colorado mountain pass near Telluride closed after Kia Telluride gets stuck trib.al/JBdcmca
Colorado mountain pass near Telluride closed after Kia Telluride gets stuck
A rugged Colorado off-roading trail connecting Telluride and Red Mountain Pass is closed until further notice after an SUV got stuck teetering on the edge of a switchback. The vehicle? A Kia Tellur…
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October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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🛰️ New insights from @methanesat.bsky.social data show oil and gas methane intensity in New Mexico is less than half that of Texas in the Permian Basin — corresponding with strong state standards under @govmlg.bsky.social.
🔍 Check it out: www.edf.org/Z6rC
🔍 Check it out: www.edf.org/Z6rC
September 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🛰️ New insights from @methanesat.bsky.social data show oil and gas methane intensity in New Mexico is less than half that of Texas in the Permian Basin — corresponding with strong state standards under @govmlg.bsky.social.
🔍 Check it out: www.edf.org/Z6rC
🔍 Check it out: www.edf.org/Z6rC
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At #ClimateWeekNYC, we’re bringing together scientists, artists, creative & cultural voices, along with an immersive film screening, to spotlight a powerful climate solution. See the methane story in a whole new way.
📅Tuesday, 9/23, 5-6 PM
🔗Register: edf.org/Z6rr
📅Tuesday, 9/23, 5-6 PM
🔗Register: edf.org/Z6rr
September 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
At #ClimateWeekNYC, we’re bringing together scientists, artists, creative & cultural voices, along with an immersive film screening, to spotlight a powerful climate solution. See the methane story in a whole new way.
📅Tuesday, 9/23, 5-6 PM
🔗Register: edf.org/Z6rr
📅Tuesday, 9/23, 5-6 PM
🔗Register: edf.org/Z6rr
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Here's a great story abt how New Mexico ranchers teamed up w/environmentalists, regulators and even oilfield contractors to attack the estimated $1.6B problem of unplugged oil & gas wells and storage facilities.
It all starts w/requiring adequate plugging bonds.
capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...
It all starts w/requiring adequate plugging bonds.
capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...
September 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Here's a great story abt how New Mexico ranchers teamed up w/environmentalists, regulators and even oilfield contractors to attack the estimated $1.6B problem of unplugged oil & gas wells and storage facilities.
It all starts w/requiring adequate plugging bonds.
capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...
It all starts w/requiring adequate plugging bonds.
capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...
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@climateinstitute.bsky.social is right: finalizing methane regulations for the oil and gas sector is one of the most effective ways to cut emissions quickly using existing, available, and effective technologies!
As Parliament resumes next week, the federal government must act urgently to address the ways climate change is threatening Canadians’ health, security, economic competitiveness, and ways of life.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority
Statement from the Canadian Climate Institute’s Peter Nicholson Sr. and Rick Smith on policy priorities for the fall 2025 sitting of Parliament.
climateinstitute.ca
September 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@climateinstitute.bsky.social is right: finalizing methane regulations for the oil and gas sector is one of the most effective ways to cut emissions quickly using existing, available, and effective technologies!
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As Parliament resumes next week, the federal government must act urgently to address the ways climate change is threatening Canadians’ health, security, economic competitiveness, and ways of life.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority
Statement from the Canadian Climate Institute’s Peter Nicholson Sr. and Rick Smith on policy priorities for the fall 2025 sitting of Parliament.
climateinstitute.ca
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As Parliament resumes next week, the federal government must act urgently to address the ways climate change is threatening Canadians’ health, security, economic competitiveness, and ways of life.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
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Methane pollution is fueling the climate crisis and harming communities.
The Trump EPA's unlawful delay of commonsense protections means more wasted gas, polluted air and climate damage. @envdefensefund.bsky.social & allies are fighting back. www.edf.org/Z6r8
The Trump EPA's unlawful delay of commonsense protections means more wasted gas, polluted air and climate damage. @envdefensefund.bsky.social & allies are fighting back. www.edf.org/Z6r8
September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Methane pollution is fueling the climate crisis and harming communities.
The Trump EPA's unlawful delay of commonsense protections means more wasted gas, polluted air and climate damage. @envdefensefund.bsky.social & allies are fighting back. www.edf.org/Z6r8
The Trump EPA's unlawful delay of commonsense protections means more wasted gas, polluted air and climate damage. @envdefensefund.bsky.social & allies are fighting back. www.edf.org/Z6r8
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We don’t have time to waste in the fight against dangerous air pollution and climate change. That’s why we joined a dozen other groups to ask courts to overturn a Trump EPA Rule delaying protections against more industrial pollution, waste, and planet-warming gases: https://bit.ly/4oKt7H6
Groups Ask Court to Block Trump EPA Rule That Delays Protections Against Oil and Gas Methane Pollution
Delayed protections keep dangerous pollution out of our air and reduce wasted energy from oil and gas leaks, venting and flaring.
www.edf.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We don’t have time to waste in the fight against dangerous air pollution and climate change. That’s why we joined a dozen other groups to ask courts to overturn a Trump EPA Rule delaying protections against more industrial pollution, waste, and planet-warming gases: https://bit.ly/4oKt7H6
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“Climate change is a threat multiplier. That’s not just my opinion — it’s the stated position of the Department of Defense, going back decades.” - MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton, Vet Voice Foundation
Rolling back protections isn’t just anti-science. It’s anti-security.
MORE: www.stripes.com/opinion/2025...
Rolling back protections isn’t just anti-science. It’s anti-security.
MORE: www.stripes.com/opinion/2025...
August 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Climate change is a threat multiplier. That’s not just my opinion — it’s the stated position of the Department of Defense, going back decades.” - MG (Ret.) Paul Eaton, Vet Voice Foundation
Rolling back protections isn’t just anti-science. It’s anti-security.
MORE: www.stripes.com/opinion/2025...
Rolling back protections isn’t just anti-science. It’s anti-security.
MORE: www.stripes.com/opinion/2025...
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NEWS RELEASE: We just filed testimony in a rulemaking to modernize #OilAndGas bonding in #NMPol to address the problem of public funds being used to plug abandoned wells in the state.
So far, abandoned wells have cost taxpayers $100M in NM alone.
So far, abandoned wells have cost taxpayers $100M in NM alone.
Coalition of environmental groups, Tribal leaders, experts: Public health and environmental safety, public funds protection central to preventing abandoned wells in NM - Western Environmental Law Cent...
Today, a coalition of environmental groups, Tribal leaders, and experts submitted testimony to the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission in support of long-overdue reforms to the state’s oil and gas ...
westernlaw.org
August 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEWS RELEASE: We just filed testimony in a rulemaking to modernize #OilAndGas bonding in #NMPol to address the problem of public funds being used to plug abandoned wells in the state.
So far, abandoned wells have cost taxpayers $100M in NM alone.
So far, abandoned wells have cost taxpayers $100M in NM alone.
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Two weeks ago, we learned @methanesat.bsky.social went dark, but its transformative impact shines on. It showed what ambitious climate action can achieve—and why now is the time to take bold risks for even bolder solutions.
More from EDF President Fred Krupp: www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
More from EDF President Fred Krupp: www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
Why our methane-detecting satellite shows that climate action must now aim sky-high
With the world lagging behind schedule on dealing with the climate crisis, bolder solutions are required – like a pioneering pollution-hunting satellite.
www.weforum.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Two weeks ago, we learned @methanesat.bsky.social went dark, but its transformative impact shines on. It showed what ambitious climate action can achieve—and why now is the time to take bold risks for even bolder solutions.
More from EDF President Fred Krupp: www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
More from EDF President Fred Krupp: www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
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➡️ Canada PM @mark-carney.bsky.social has made it clear that Canada needs economic growth and emissions reductions. A new Op-Ed in the @edmontonjournal.com from a @uwaterloo.ca economist argues the methane mitigation industry is a great opportunity to do both: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Methane mitigation could be Canada's next growth industry
Across Canada's oil and gas sector, a promising young industry is preparing to embrace economic opportunity: preventing release of methane,
edmontonjournal.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
➡️ Canada PM @mark-carney.bsky.social has made it clear that Canada needs economic growth and emissions reductions. A new Op-Ed in the @edmontonjournal.com from a @uwaterloo.ca economist argues the methane mitigation industry is a great opportunity to do both: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Thank you Senator Ben Ray Luján for your efforts to save the Methane Emissions Reduction Program and protect New Mexican from this toxic air pollution that costs our state tax dollars thru the methane polluter fee. #CutMethane
www.congress.gov/amendment/11...
www.congress.gov/amendment/11...
www.congress.gov
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thank you Senator Ben Ray Luján for your efforts to save the Methane Emissions Reduction Program and protect New Mexican from this toxic air pollution that costs our state tax dollars thru the methane polluter fee. #CutMethane
www.congress.gov/amendment/11...
www.congress.gov/amendment/11...
THANK YOU @lujan.senate.gov for your tireless efforts to protect NM from methane pollution and waste including filing an amendment that would have seen the groundbreaking Methane Emissions Reduction Program and its pollution fee implemented ASAP. www.congress.gov/amendment/11...
www.congress.gov
July 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
THANK YOU @lujan.senate.gov for your tireless efforts to protect NM from methane pollution and waste including filing an amendment that would have seen the groundbreaking Methane Emissions Reduction Program and its pollution fee implemented ASAP. www.congress.gov/amendment/11...
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Japan’s government wants stronger emissions monitoring for the LNG they buy, and Canada’s government is supporting their efforts.
Read more here about this moment for Canadian climate leadership, and why finalizing federal methane regs would help: www.edf.org/Z6Ks
Read more here about this moment for Canadian climate leadership, and why finalizing federal methane regs would help: www.edf.org/Z6Ks
Asian economies want low-emission natural gas – here’s how Canada can deliver - Energy Exchange
Japan’s government and Canada’s government are both backing an effort to build stronger emissions monitoring for the natural gas that Japan buys internationally. Canada’s leaders can seize this opport...
www.edf.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Japan’s government wants stronger emissions monitoring for the LNG they buy, and Canada’s government is supporting their efforts.
Read more here about this moment for Canadian climate leadership, and why finalizing federal methane regs would help: www.edf.org/Z6Ks
Read more here about this moment for Canadian climate leadership, and why finalizing federal methane regs would help: www.edf.org/Z6Ks
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New Mexico could face ballooning costs to address oil and gas wells abandoned by operators – sometimes called “orphan wells” — and the problem is poised to get bigger, according to a new report.
New report: New Mexico on the hook for millions, if not billions, to plug oil and gas wells • Source New Mexico
New Mexico could face ballooning costs to address oil and gas wells abandoned by operators, called “orphan wells" in coming years.
buff.ly
June 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
New Mexico could face ballooning costs to address oil and gas wells abandoned by operators – sometimes called “orphan wells” — and the problem is poised to get bigger, according to a new report.
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The Waste Emissions Charge – a commonsense fee to #cutmethane that would only affect the biggest polluters – is under threat in the proposed budget reconciliation bill. Delaying or obstructing implementation of vital climate protections like these defies public consensus and puts our future at risk.
GOP aims to roll back methane rule Americans largely support
New Mexico is a leader in trying to reduce methane pollution from the oil and gas industry but Congress wants to prevent implementation of a federal rule which would do the same. As part of the 2026 ...
www.publicnewsservice.org
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Waste Emissions Charge – a commonsense fee to #cutmethane that would only affect the biggest polluters – is under threat in the proposed budget reconciliation bill. Delaying or obstructing implementation of vital climate protections like these defies public consensus and puts our future at risk.