EPA tightens proposed methane rules as President JoeBiden visits climate summit
EPA's supplemental proposal, released Friday, builds on an initial proposed rule announced last November that would apply to new well sites and also regulate"existing" well sites for the first time.Methane is the main component in natural gas and has exponentially more warming potential than carbon dioxide when released into the atmosphere.
Proponents of new methane regulations have made the case that capturing gas that would be otherwise leaked or flared is good for the environment but also serves the interests of consumers and operators themselves because the escaping natural gas is inherently valuable. Typically, the main reason operators flare gas is because they don't have the equipment in place to capture it or get it to a pipeline.
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