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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Erin Douglas

Texas will have to cut methane emissions from oil fields under new federal climate rule

A gas flare in the Eagle Ford oil patch south of San Antonio, TX.
A gas flare in the Eagle Ford oil patch south of San Antonio. (Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune)

The Environmental Protection Agency on Saturday finalized a long-anticipated climate regulation that will require oil and gas operators to dramatically reduce how much methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is escaping from equipment in many oil fields across Texas.

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