EPA targets fracking wells in latest round of climate rules

Published May 12, 2016 3:03pm ET



The Obama administration announced a comprehensive plan Thursday to cut methane emissions from fracking oil and natural gas wells, part of the president’s broad agenda to combat climate change.

“Today, we are underscoring the aministration’s commitment to finding common-sense ways to cut methane — a potent greenhouse gas fueling climate change — and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas sector,” said Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy.

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