Environmentalists Ramp Up Push For Tough EPA Oil & Gas Methane Rules

Environmentalists are ramping up calls for EPA to issue rules that achieve at least a 65 percent cut in methane emissions from new and existing oil and gas facilities by 2025 from 2012 levels, offering a broad show of support at agency listening sessions on the issue even as some industry officials warn against overly tough limits. “The standards that EPA is currently developing for the oil and gas sector must be best in class,” Clean Air Task Force’s (CATF)...