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EPA seeks to relax rules on methane emissions, admits harmful health impacts

Name: EPA seeks to relax rules on methane emissions, admits harmful health impacts
Uploaded: 2018-09-12T10:14:37-07:00
Channel: NBC Palm Springs
Description: The Trump administration is seeking to ease Obama-era restrictions on methane gas emissions, touting the benefits for energy companies while admitting the changes could harm air quality and human health. Under a new proposal that the Environmental Protection Agency released on Tuesday, oil and gas companies would be permitted to conduct less frequent inspections for methane leaks […]

By: NBC Palm Springs

September 12, 2018

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