EPA Touts Flexibility In New Voluntary Methane Control Plan For Gas Sector

EPA has released its revised plan for the natural gas sector to voluntarily cut its methane emissions from existing sources, proposing a program that the agency says includes more flexibility for industry, such as company-wide options, than the facility-based approach that the agency was forced to withdraw last year in the face of industry opposition. While the revised proposal may provide more flexibility than the agency's first plan, the measure may also go part way to meeting some environmentalists' calls...