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US States Granted $350 Mln To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil, Gas

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and its National Energy Technology Laboratory announced up to $350 million in formula grant funding to help states monitor and reduce methane emissions, one of the biggest drivers of climate change, from the oil and gas sector and for environmental restoration of well sites.

The funding will also help oil and gas well owners, as well as operators of applicable facilities, voluntarily and permanently reduce methane emissions from leaks and daily operations of low-producing conventional wells on non-federal lands.

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by Joji Xavier

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