Just two days after President Donald Trump called himself an "environmentalist," his administration announced a rollback of methane gas emissions regulations so large that even oil companies are objecting to the change.
In the proposed rule change, released by the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday morning, the agency would end a federal regulation that requires gas and oil companies to use technology to inspect for and repair methane leaks in their infrastructure. This would leave large segments of the oil and gas industry entirely uncontrolled with no pollution limits. Methane emissions are known to cause climate change.
The administration estimates that the rollbacks will save the oil and gas industry $17 to 19 million a year.
But oil and gas bigwigs don't support the change.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-climate-change-epa-methane-1456824