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A small Colorado town gets Trumped

Plus: Congress reinstates an Obama-era methane rule

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Jun 26, 2021
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THE NEWS: The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to reinstate methane emissions rules that had been rescinded by the Trump administration.

THE CONTEXT: In 2016 the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency implemented a rule requiring oil and gas companies to reduce methane and volatile organic compound emissions. The Trump administr…

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