EPA Proposal Would Ease Rules On Regulation Of Methane Gas Emissions

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Gregory Wallace, CNN
(CNN/KDKA) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal on Thursday to ease regulation of methane emissions, a particularly potent greenhouse gas believed to contribute significantly to climate change, because it believes the Obama administration improperly regulated it.
The proposed rule, expected this week, would no longer require the oil and gas industry to install technologies that monitor and limit leaks from new wells,