Climate Changed
In Latest Climate Retreat, Trump Proposes Ending Methane Curbs
- EPA seeks to end mandates to plug methane leaks at oil wells
- Global oil companies had asked EPA to retain the requirements
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The Trump administration is seeking to abandon regulations designed to stop methane leaks from oil and gas wells, a move opposed not just by environmentalists but even some energy companies that worry it will undermine the appeal of natural gas as climate-friendly fossil fuel.
The proposal, unveiled Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency, is the latest assault in President Donald Trump’s campaign to weaken Obama-era measures fighting climate change, building on previous efforts to ease greenhouse gas emission limits on power plants and automobiles.