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position · 2024

Require oil and gas companies to limit methane emissions

DeGette supports strict limits on the methane that oil and gas companies can release from U.S. drilling sites. She has authored legislation to restore standards that were in place under the Obama administration and to further reduce emissions from drilling operations.

Context: The source describes restoration of the earlier standards as enacted and other emissions-reduction legislation as authored; it does not specify the additional limits.

In their own words

set strict limits on the amount of methane oil and gas companies can release from drilling sites in the U.S.

The source

Diana DeGette: Combatting the Climate Crisis

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