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Obama hits oil and gas industry, demands massive reduction in methane emissions

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Obama targets oil and gas industry, demands massive reduction in methane emissions

Taking direct aim at the oil-and-gas industry, President Obama on Wednesday put forth long-awaited regulations on methane emissions, setting an ambitious goal of reducing those emissions by 45 percent over the next decade. Methane, the main component of natural gas, accelerates climate change even more than carbon dioxide, administration officials said Wednesday. “The U.S. is now…

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