Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks

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The Biden administration has issued a final rule aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The actions follow a more comprehensive methane-reduction plan announced by the Environmental Protection Agency in December. Oil and gas production is the nation’s largest industrial source of methane, the primary component of natural gas.

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VERBATIM: It’s the latest action by the White House to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The rule issued by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, will tighten limits on gas flaring on federal lands. It will also require that energy companies improve methods to detect methane leaks that add to planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution.