特朗普政府最新向石油天然气企业送出大礼，预计将于今日宣布计划削减防范甲烷泄漏的规则。
In its latest gift to oil and gas companies, the Trump administration is expected to announce plans today to weaken rules that guard against methane leaks.
甲烷是一种形成烟雾的污染物，也是一种强效温室气体，在 20 年时间跨度内其效力最高可达二氧化碳的 80 倍。它是化石燃料行业所谓“天然气”的主要成分，常从油气井和管道泄漏。
Methane is a smog-forming pollutant and a powerful greenhouse gas that's up to 80 times as potent as carbon dioxide on a 20-year horizon. It's the primary component of what the fossil fuel industry calls "natural gas" that routinely leaks from oil and gas wells and pipelines.
环境保护局正在推翻其此前堵塞泄漏的努力。作为唐纳德·特朗普总统放松监管议程的一部分，环保局计划撤销拜登时代的规则，这些规则曾……
The Environmental Protection Agency is reversing course on its previous efforts to plug those leaks. As part of President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda, the EPA plans to undo Biden-era rules that were ex …