This Loophole in New Mexico's Methane Rules Is a Gift to Big Oil and Gas
However, the proposed regulations contain a major loophole that will directly benefit large oil and gas producers, as well as some of the world’s largest investment groups.
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The US Oil and Gas Industry's Methane Problem Is Catching up With It
The acknowledgement by many larger oil and gas producers that methane emisssions are causing an industry image problem appears to be directly linked to new satellite technology, which no longer allows the industry to hide the true scale of its methane emissions
New Satellite Data Reveals Dangerous Methane Emissions in Permian Region
New research based on satellite data confirms that the oil and gas industry in the Permian region of Texas and New Mexico is leaking record amounts of methane.
Exxon Now Wants to Write the Rules for Regulating Methane Emissions
ExxonMobil is a company capable of contradictions. It has been lobbying against government efforts to address climate change while running ads touting its own efforts to do so.
The Fracking Industry's Methane Problem Is a Climate Problem
Methane is shorter-lived in the atmosphere but 85 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20 year period.