EPA Moves to Limit Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Production

New rules would also cover existing wells, a plan backed by some big oil companies but opposed by many small independent producers

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Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday will propose a broad expansion and strengthening of rules to limit methane emissions from oil and natural gas production, in what President Biden has deemedThe EPA said it would for the first time propose controlling methane at existing wells nationwide, a move smaller producers have fought for years.

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