Key Facts About the New EPA Plan to Reverse the Obama-era Methane Leaks Rule

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By GuestSep 10, 2019, 9:05 pm730 ptsHot
Read time: 5 mins By Dana Nuccitelli. Originally posted on Yale Climate Connections. President Trump’s EPA is moving to roll back 2016 Obama administration methane leak regulations for key parts of the oil and gas industry, another example of what seems an across-the-board repudiation of Obama-era…

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