API Pledges To ‘Work With’ Biden On Methane Rules But Faces Doubts

January 14, 2021
A top oil and gas trade association is pledging to “work with” the incoming Biden EPA on policies that will reduce the sector’s emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, though a leading environmental group says the group lacks “credibility” because of longstanding opposition to regulating existing drilling equipment. “We look forward to working with the Biden administration on policies to continue this downward trend on methane emissions,” said Mike Sommers, president of the American Petroleum Institute (API), during keynote...


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