Trump administration moves to weaken EPA rules on methane leaks from oil and gas

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The Trump administration is reportedly set to announce plans that would loosen regulations aimed at curbing methane leaks from the oil and gas industry. Methane is a smog-forming pollutant and a potent greenhouse gas, considered up to 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. It is the main component of natural gas, which frequently escapes from wells and pipelines. The Environmental Protection Agency is reversing earlier efforts to address these leaks, with plans to roll back Biden-era rules as part of the president's broader deregulation agenda.

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Musk Says Ukraine's Military Breached Starlink Terms; Kyiv Denies It

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Frontier AI labs claim models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis; experts weigh in

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