Biden administration announces plans to introduce some of the nation's strongest regulations against methane emissions from oil and gas drilling, part of a broader push to tackle climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference.
, part of a broader push to tackle climate change that White House officials are unveiling at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is released into the atmosphere when coal, oil and natural gas are mined and transported, but microbes also emit methane in low-oxygen environments. Methane emissions have been responsible for roughly 30 percent of global warming since pre-industrial times,An estimated 75 percent of the country's methane emissions will be covered by the new EPA rules, according to senior administration officials.
The announcement is a key development in the global fight against climate change and one that will likely, even as divisions within his own party are threatening other aspects of the president’s climate agenda.
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