From Climate Extra

Supplemental EPA Methane Plan Would Cut Emissions 87 Percent By 2030

November 11, 2022
EPA is using its just-issued supplemental oil and gas methane proposal to tighten its initial proposed standards from last year, including by removing an emissions monitoring exemption for small wells and creating a “ground-breaking” third-party monitoring program to flag “super emitters.” The Biden administration is highlighting the policy as one of its flagship initiatives at this year’s United Nations climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, with President Joe Biden poised to address the meeting Nov. 11 and tout the...


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