Biden just finalized a major climate rule. This one could be ... - CNN
1 day ago · CNN —. The Environmental Protection Agency just finalized one of the Biden administration’s only outstanding climate rules, aimed at cracking down on leaks of methane — a potent planet ...
Biden officials ask EU to align methane rules with US to ease LNG …
17 hours ago · European Union countries approved a law in May to impose methane emissions limits on Europe’s oil and gas imports from 2030, pressuring international suppliers to cut leaks of the potent ...
Trump Administration Likely to Repeal Methane Leak Penalty
1 day ago · A fee created to push oil and gas companies to plug methane leaks could be axed by the incoming Trump administration, hampering efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas By Jean Chemnick & E&E News
EPA to hit oil and gas companies with "methane fee" for ... - CBS News
1 day ago · As outlined by the EPA, excess methane produced in 2024 could result in a fee of $900 per ton, with fees rising to $1,200 per ton in 2025 and $1,500 per ton by 2026.
A methane pollution fee on oil and gas faces a cloudy future …
1 day ago · Methane is among the greenhouse gasses heating the planet, and it is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Scientific studies show the oil and gas industry releases about three times more methane than EPA estimates have shown. Methane leaks happen across the oil and gas production system, from drilling to transporting the fossil fuels.
Biden EPA to charge ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and …
1 day ago · The fee, formally known as the Waste Emissions Charge, will encourage early deployment of available technologies to reduce methane emissions and other harmful air pollutants, Regan said.The fee “is the latest in a series of actions under President Biden’s methane strategy to improve efficiency in the oil and gas sector, support American jobs, protect clean air and reinforce U.S. leadership ...
Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee ... - The Washington …
1 day ago · Methane is a climate “super pollutant” that is far more potent in the short term than carbon dioxide and is responsible for about one-third of greenhouse gas emissions.
US lays out plan at COP 28 to slash greenhouse gas ...
Dec 2, 2023 · Methane tends to leak into the atmosphere undetected from drill sites, gas pipelines and other oil and gas equipment. It has more warming potential than carbon dioxide and breaks down in the...
Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks …
Mar 27, 2024 · The Biden administration has issued a final rule aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming.
Tracking an Invisible Climate Menace From 360 Miles Above
Mar 3, 2024 · MethaneSAT will sweep the globe using a high-resolution infrared sensor to detect and track methane leaks from oil and gas sites worldwide. Its spectrometer uses light reflected from the planet’s...
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