The Trump administration continues deregulatory moves with latest proposal.
to roll back Obama-era rules governing methane emissions, which scientists agree contribute to climate change—but some companies that would benefit from the rule change actually oppose it., the proposed rule change would let companies opt out of installing new technology to monitor methane emissions from storage tanks, pipelines and wells.
The EPA proposal calls for regulating volatile organic compounds instead, which could lessen an unspecified amount of methane emissions. Companies have marketed natural gas as a “cleaner” alternative to coal, and those that don’t want the new rules, like BP, Exxon and Shell, are worried gas would be seen as dirtier if enacted.
Some companies do support the new rule, but it’s unclear if the oil and gas industry will remain split on it moving forward. heat-trapping over a 20 year period of being in the Earth’s atmosphere, compared to carbon dioxide over the same period. And methane emissions account for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gases, which the oil and gas industry is a significant contributor to.Methane emits as much greenhouse gas as 69 million cars—25% of total cars in the U.S.— according to the
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