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Weakening methane leak rules under Trump accelerates climate change by allowing potent greenhouse gas emissions to escape from fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Trump is making it easier for fossil fuel companies to leak methane
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In its latest gift to oil and gas companies, the Trump administration is expected to announce plans today to weaken rules that guard against methane leaks. Methane is a smog-forming pollutant and a powerful greenhouse gas that's up to 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide on a 20-year horizon. It's the primary component of what the fossil fuel industry calls "natural gas" that routinely leaks from oil and gas wells and pipelines. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reversing course on its previous efforts to plug those leaks. As part of President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda, the EPA plans to undo Biden-era rules that were ex … Read the full story at The Verge.
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