Flares burning off gas at Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site in San Joaquin Valley, California in 2014. Citizens of the Planet / Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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The United States Department of the Interior has announced a final rule to curb methane emissions from natural gas waste during oil and gas production on the country’s federal and Tribal lands.
The updated regulation modernizes rules that are more than four decades old. It will require…
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