Green groups say Donald Trump’s vow to scrap environmental rules could undo progress
Methane emissions from America’s biggest oilfield have fallen sharply as producers ratchet up efforts to find and plug leaks in response to President Joe Biden’s sweeping clampdown on the potent greenhouse gas. Emissions of the gas in the sprawling Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico — home to almost half of US oil production — plunged 26 per cent last year, according to a new study.
On his first day in office, Biden ordered the federal government to draw up new rules on leaks. Later that year he signed up the US to a pact committing it to cutting emissions of the gas by 30 per cent by 2030. Rules recently finalised by the US’s Environmental Protection Agency forced producers to find and plug leaks in existing infrastructure and tighten requirements on new facilities. A separate “methane fee” slaps polluters with a fine if they are found to exceed certain thresholds.
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