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After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

In the Permian Basin of West Texas, methane gas billows from oil wells. It blasts out of pressure valves on pipelines, wafts from sprawling gas processing plants and rises up in plumes when companies air out systems during routine maintenance in the nation’s largest oilfield. More than a decade of efforts to bring these practices […]

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Inside Climate News· Oct 20, 8:55 AMAfter a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules

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After a Decade of Efforts to Regulate Methane, the Trump Administration Promises New Rules – KnowGov