KEY POINTS
- The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday to weaken regulation on climate-changing methane emissions, drawing immediate backlash from critics who say the rule will harm the environment and exacerbate global warming.
- The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule would lessen restrictions on oil and gas sites to monitor and repair methane leaks from pipelines and storage facilities.
- The rule would be the latest move by the Trump administration to roll back Obama-era emission regulations on major oil and gas industries, which are the main source of methane emissions in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D C , UNITED STATES – 2019/07/08: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler speaking about “America’s Environmental Leadership” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
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