EPA Walks Back Protections Against Methane, a Potent Planet-Warmer
By Natural Resources Defense Council The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed—yet again—to scrap protections that curb methane leaks from oil and gas operations, the largest source of this greenhouse gas in the United States. Pound for pound, methane is the second-most important climate pollutant after carbon dioxide, packing 87 times the heat-trapping power of […]