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Trump is making it easier for fossil fuel companies to leak methane

The EPA is weakening standards for oil and gas wells.

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The Trump administration is set to announce plans to relax regulations that protect against methane leaks from oil and gas operations. The move would reduce oversight designed to curb emissions of methane, a smog‑forming pollutant. Methane is also a potent greenhouse gas, estimated to be up to 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20‑year period.

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