r/climate 1d ago

Methane pollution at US’s biggest oilfield plunges after Biden crackdown

https://www.ft.com/content/b097d8da-846e-4e23-a3a6-89d1a6ccc2fd
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u/5ervalkat 1d ago

“People have gotten after [methane] because of the societal impetus and because of the regulatory pressures — and they now have the tools and the data.”

Regulations work when done well. Go Biden. And, too bad the incoming circus hates this.

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u/Franklin_le_Tanklin 1d ago

Ya. First Trump will get rid of the testing tools. Because if you don’t test for it it’s not a problem.

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u/G07V3 1d ago

All you have to say is methane causes autism and the right wing extremists will freak out

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u/Amsterdamsterdam 1d ago

You see kids, the windmills pushhh the methane in your butthole … something more along these lines probably lol