EcoWatch: Following President Obama`s promise to cut toxic methane leaks at oil and gas facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced the U.S. government`s "first-ever" set of standards to reduce such emissions--but the new regulations were decried by environmentalist critics as not far-reaching enough.
"EPA`s methane regulations are a welcome first step, but contain too many loopholes to be a comprehensive check on industry recklessness," warned Greenpeace researcher...