the EPA estimates that the Oil and Gas New Source Performance Standards finalized in 2012 will result in between 1 million and 1.7 million tons of methane reduced annually.
On the recordNovember 4, 2013
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Whitehouse highlights the expected methane reductions from EPA standards.
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