Overshoot: Trump?s Deregulatory Zeal Goes Beyond Even Where Industry Asks Him to Go

The Trump EPA last month proposed a new plan to remove oil and gas developers' responsibility for detecting and fixing methane leaks in their wells, pipelines and storage operations. This proposal to axe the Obama-era methane rule is notable for two reasons. First, it is a huge step backward in the race to stabilize the climate, just at the moment scientists warn we need to move forward with unprecedented speed. Second, it's the latest in a growing list of Trump rollbacks opposed by the very industries they're purportedly intended to help.