Trump EPA Plan to Gut Emission Rules for Oil and Gas Industry Denounced as 'Beyond Comprehension': Common Dreams

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"If Trump is reelected and this rule sticks, it is probably the single most consequential near-term climate decision of his presidency."

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Julia Conley, staff writer

In a move one green group said shows the Trump EPA's approach is "manifestly inconsistent with the agency's legal obligations" and with science, the agency is under fire for preparations to roll back methane rules for U.S. oil and gas producers.

Before Friday, the New York Times reported, the EPA is expected to unveil two new rules regarding methane, a greenhouse gas with 80 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide in the first two decades after emission.

One would eliminate federal regulation of methane emissions from oil and gas wells across the country and would prevent future regulation at sites built before 2015, and another would weaken remaining requirements for companies, including one directing them to locate and fix leaks in wells. 

With the new rules in place, meteorologist and climate reporter Eric Holthaus said, voting Trump out of office in November will be imperative to protect communities across the country from methane emissions, which the EPA itself has said are linked to premature death, stroke, chronic bronchitis, and low birth weight as well as the warming of the planet. 

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为这个星球投票选出特朗普。
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“如果特朗普再次当选并且坚持这一规则，这可能是他担任总统期间最重要的近期气候决定。”
通过
朱莉娅·康利（Julia Conley），特约作家
 

一个绿色组织在一项举动中表示，特朗普EPA的做法“明显违背了该机构的法律义务”，

并且与科学相抵，该机构正着手准备撤消美国石油和天然气生产商的甲烷法规。

 

据《纽约时报》报道，周五之前，预计美国环保署将发布两项有关甲烷的新规定。

甲烷是一种温室气体，其排放后的头二十年内的二氧化碳的集热能力是其的80倍。

 

一种将取消联邦对全国油气井的甲烷排放的监管，并阻止未来在2015年之前建造的场所进行监管，

另一种将削弱对公司的剩余要求，包括指示公司定位和修复井中的泄漏。

 

有了新规定，气象学家和气候记者埃里克·霍尔特豪斯（Eric Holthaus）表示，

必须在11月投票给特朗普，以保护全国各地的居民免受甲烷排放的威胁，

而美国环保署本身已将其与过早死亡，中风，慢性病联系在一起。支气管炎，低出生体重以及地球的变暖。

 

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Wèi zhège xīngqiú tóupiào xuǎn chū tè lǎng pǔ.
Nín de shuì kuǎn wèi huàshí ránliào tígōng zījīn

“rúguǒ tè lǎng pǔ zàicì dāngxuǎn bìngqiě jiānchí zhè yī guīzé, 

zhè kěnéng shì tā dānrèn zǒngtǒng qíjiān zuì zhòngyào de jìnqí qìhòu juédìng.”
Tōngguò
zhūlìyà·kānglì (Julia Conley), tèyuē zuòjiā
 

yīgè lǜsè zǔzhī zài yī xiàng jǔdòng zhōng biǎoshì, 

tè lǎng pǔ EPA de zuòfǎ “míngxiǎn wéibèile gāi jīgòu de fǎlǜ yìwù”, 

bìngqiě yǔ kēxué xiāngdǐ, gāi jīgòu zhèng zháo shǒu zhǔnbèi chèxiāo měiguó 

shíyóu hé tiānránqì shēngchǎn shāng de jiǎwán fǎguī.

 

Jù “niǔyuē shíbào” bàodào, zhōu wǔ zhīqián, 

yùjì měiguó huánbǎo shǔ jiāng fābù liǎng xiàng yǒuguān jiǎwán de xīn guīdìng. 

Jiǎwán shì yī zhǒng wēnshì qìtǐ, qí páifàng hòu de tóu èrshí niánnèi de èryǎnghuàtàn 

de jí rè nénglì shì qí de 80 bèi.

 

Yī zhǒng jiāng qǔxiāo liánbāng duì quánguó yóuqì jǐng de jiǎwán páifàng de jiānguǎn, 

bìng zǔzhǐ wèilái zài 2015 nián zhīqián jiànzào de chǎngsuǒ jìnxíng jiānguǎn, 

lìng yī zhǒng jiāng xuēruò duì gōngsī de shèngyú yāoqiú, 

bāokuò zhǐshì gōngsī dìngwèi hé xiūfù jǐngzhōng de xièlòu.

 

Yǒule xīn guīdìng, qìxiàng xué jiā hé qìhòu jìzhě āi lǐ 

kè·huò ěr tè háo sī (Eric Holthaus) biǎoshì, bìxū zài 11 yuè tóupiào gěi tè lǎng pǔ, 

yǐ bǎohù quánguó gèdì de jūmín miǎn shòu jiǎwán páifàng de wēixié, 

ér měiguó huánbǎo shǔ běnshēn yǐ jiāng qí yǔguò zǎo sǐwáng, zhòngfēng, 

mànxìngbìng liánxì zài yīqǐ. Zhīqìguǎn yán, dī chūshēng tǐzhòng yǐjí dìqiú 

de biàn nuǎn.

 

Yuèdú wánzhěng de “gòngtóng mèngxiǎng” wénzhāng