Why We Support Blocking the Waste Emissions Charge

At first blush, the WEC seemed like a sensible approach: create an annually rising cost for emissions and thus set a gradually rising cost of inaction. However, the unintended consequence was a shift toward cheaper, less reliable sensor platforms, undermining the goal of meaningful emissions reductions. It follows that canceling the WEC could, counterintuitively, accelerate real material progress in methane emissions abatement by driving the adoption of higher-quality, continuous monitoring solutions.