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Trump will suspend a rule to limit a pollutant far worse than carbon
By Darryl Fears December 7 at 4:43 PM
The Trump administration will suspend a rule to limit methane leaks from oil and gas operations on federal land, but its true aim may be to kill the Obama-era requirement.
A notice slated to be published Friday in the Federal Register by the Bureau of Land Management said the agency “has concerns regarding the statutory authority, cost, complexity, feasibility, and other implications” of the 2016 rule, which is set to go fully into effect next month.
Methane is a colorless and odorless gas that is up to 36 times as potent as carbon dioxide in terms of contributing to global warming. As development of oil and gas has increased through hydraulic drilling, or fracking, in shale formations, so have methane emissions.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/12/07/trump-will-delay-a-rule-to-limit-a-pollutant-far-worse-than-carbon/?utm_term=.14d0e9dbb40c
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