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Trump announces plan to weaken methane rules for oil and gas companies

The Trump administration is moving to weaken a regulation that requires oil and gas companies to limit leaks of methane, a more potent driver of climate change than carbon dioxide. President Donald Trump announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulation at an event in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday evening. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said earlier this month that the agency was “days not weeks” away from issuing the proposal, roughly outlining its contents . “We’ve been working on