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US EPA begins crackdown on methane emissions
2016-05-13 15:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: The Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules on Thursday to significantly reduce methane emissions from new oil and gas facilities as well as those undergoing modifications. The regulations are the first federal standards aimed at curbing methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, emitted by oil and gas production. The rules, which were first proposed last year, will require oil and gas companies to monitor and limit the release of methane into the atmosphere at production, processing and...
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