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Pumpjacks work in an oil field near Lovington, New Mexico
DONALD TRUMP put humanity another step closer to ecological Armageddon today as his administration rolled back regulations on methane leaks.
The fossil gas, considered more damaging to the Earth’s environment than carbon dioxide, is frequently secreted into the atmosphere by oil and gas companies by leaks or is intentionally released during drilling operations.
Rolling back the regulations means fossil fuel companies in the US will face less stringent enforcement to monitor and plug methane leaks.
Lawyers to challenge approval of data centre in Britain that ‘pollutes on the scale of an international airport’
Nigeria’s presidential spokesman grovels to the West in response to Washington intimidation, writes PAVAN KULKARNI
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
