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Trump’s new EPA chief scraps oil and gas methane emissions checks
Publication date: 06 March 2017
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The new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, has scrapped a requirement on oil and gas producers to report methane emissions from their operations across the country.
The move, which delighted industry lobby groups and angered environmental groups, speaks volumes about the new priorities for the EPA under the Trump administration.