Regulating emissions of methane from fracking to free natural gas will have important co-benefits in slowing climate change
Not exact matches
Why would the Obama Administration pick now
of all times to
regulate something like
methane emissions?
New research from the University
of Georgia identifies an unexpected process that acts as a key gatekeeper
regulating methane emissions from these freshwater environments.
So, it's time to take a closer look at
regulating existing sources
of methane emissions.
The Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) rules on venting and flaring could require costly
methane controls for some
of the very same
emission sources already
regulated by the EPA, or under consideration by EPA for regulation.
America's oil and natural gas industry supports commonsense regulation, but a duplicative Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) rule
regulating methane emissions is a solution in search
of a problem.
The Obama Administration's new plan to
regulate methane emissions from the oil and gas industry will at best only slow down the country's fastest - growing source
of heat - trapping gases.
In March, the White House asked the EPA to reconsider whether
methane from oil and natural gas systems should be directly
regulated as part
of its broader strategy to reduce
methane emissions.