Under the leadership of former fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a sweeping plan to reverse critical methane pollution regulations for the oil and gas industry. The proposal would allow drillers to vent and leak methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, from wellheads, pipelines, and processing facilities, and even challenges the agency’s legal authority to regulate methane altogether. In conjunction with rollbacks by the Trump Interior Department, the move gives the oil and gas industry free rein to pollute at will.
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Aug 29, 2019
Issue: Oil & Gas
By Center for Western Priorities
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