Newly adopted state regulatory framework against potent emissions mirrors the regulations the Trump administration has proposed eased

At a Tuesday campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in Lubbock, Texas, President Trump announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to roll back a Biden-era methane rule, setting up a likely future showdown in how the agency oversees climate pollution under the Clean Air Act.…

The proposal would save the oil and gas companies billions by letting them leak more methane. It could also worsen global warming for decades.