EPA Finalizes Flexible Framework For Voluntary Oil & Gas Methane Program

August 19, 2016
EPA has quietly finalized a framework for its voluntary oil and gas industry methane emissions reduction program that industry says could provide more flexibility in meeting the effort and encourage more companies to participate, as it allows firms to choose how they would meet methane reduction targets based on emission rates. "It's not a one-size-fits-all," one industry source says of EPA's framework for using the existing "ONE Future" partnership in the context of the agency's Methane Challenge program to encourage...


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