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Biden Administration Announces Rule to Cut Millions of Tons of Methane Emissions | The measure requires oil and gas producers to detect and fix leaks of the greenhouse gas (www.nytimes.com)
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[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Trump slashed environmental protection laws during his administration and pretty much castrated the EPA. Things were getting better before that thanks to a lot of things enacted under Obama. See this list on what he removed, particularly the demand for oil and gas companies to report methane emissions, but also a ton of other emissions and pollutant laws.

Just one more reason he can't be allowed back into office...

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