Posted on 03/28/2014 9:23:33 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it will take a hard look at whether new regulations are needed to cut emissions of methane from the oil and gas industry, part of President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change.
Regulators will start by proposing new rules later this year to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas wells on public lands, one way to begin slashing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, said Dan Utech, Obama's top energy and climate aide.
Most oil and gas production takes place on privately owned land. The Environmental Protection Agency is going to study this year whether additional broader regulations are needed for methane emissions under the Clean Air Act, Utech told reporters on a conference call.
If the agency deems more regulations are needed, they will be completed before Obama leaves the White House at the end of 2016.
Obama has set he wants to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020.
"This methane strategy is one component, one set of actions the administration is going to take to get there," Utech said.
Methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide, is the main component of natural gas. The strategy also addresses methane produced by dairy cattle, landfills and certain coal mines.
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LOL!!!
“They are pushing our buttons and tightening the noose around our necks”
Theirs, too.
Has anybody told these IDIOTS that Natural Gas IS methane? The cleanest burning fuel we have...
I wonder what the penalty will be for farting. That’s methane too.
But..but..
Don’t let the defrosting tundra in the arctic concern you..
As the seas warm, the methane hydrates melt..
Sad, so many energy sources! So misunderstood.
There’s more methane coming from Bowbama and his regime than all the wells in Texas!
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