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If adopted, the new proposed rules would reduce ozone-causing chemical emissions in New Mexico and have the knock-on effect of reducing methane emissions in the state’s two oil and gas producing regions. In particular, this proposal eliminates an explicit exemption for nearly 30,000 stripper wells across the state. These low-production wells produce comparatively small amounts of oil and gas but can still pollute and leak as much as more productive wells.   Join our email list to get the stories that mainstream news is overlooking.    “The exemption went from almost everybody to almost nobody,” says Tom Singer, senior policy advisor at the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC). “And we like hearing that.”

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