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Trump’s Methane Rollback That Big Oil Doesn’t Want
By: Jeff Brady | NPR
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The rule ends Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The move could make it harder to argue that natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel than coal.