Rocky Mountain high: U.S. looks to Colorado for methane emissions policy – Reuters

Rocky Mountain high: U.S. looks to Colorado for methane emissions policy – Reuters

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. environmental regulators are expected to base new rules for controlling methane emissions from oil and gas operations on the nation-leading policies of a state that has been tamping down on the potent greenhouse gas for seven years - Colorado.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is likely to unveil the rules, which will have major repercussions for oil and gas drillers, this week, according to sources familiar with early versions of the proposed regulations.

The proposal, which will be rolled out just days before the start of the United Nations conference on global warming in Glasgow, is a key pillar of the Biden administration's broader crackdown on climate change.