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Methane Rule Suspended for One Year: Trump Administration Shifts Waste Costs to Taxpayers

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BLM rule methane delay defies Congress’ will. (Source: Environmental Defense Fund)

NEW MEXICO—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017

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By: Thomas Singer  and Erik Schlenker-Goodrich

Tomorrow, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will finalizea one-year suspension of a regulation adopted just a year ago to reduce methane waste on public lands. This is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration and Congress to eliminate this rule, and part of a…

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