EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions
The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.
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EPA aims to slash the oil industry's climate-warming methane pollution
New EPA rules require oil and gas companies to slash climate-changing methane from their operations.
Biden tightens methane emissions rules, even as the U.S. pushes for more oil drilling
Oil and gas production is the nation's largest industrial source of methane, the main component of natural gas, and is a key target for the Biden administration as it seeks to combat climate change.
Research shows oil field flaring emits nearly five times more methane than expected
Scientists took a dozen research flights over major U.S. oil and gas fields to sample flare emissions. They found more methane than was supposed to be there.
Scientists say landfills release more planet-warming methane than previously thought
A study builds on research that shows landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, after oil and gas systems and agriculture.