Interior Department offering $775 million in grants to plug orphaned wells
Funds are distributed to states through initial grants, formula grants and performance grants
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Interior Department finalizes rule to curb excessive methane emissions
Bureau of Land Management rule would curb emissions from oil and gas production on federal and tribal lands
Feds making $1 billion available to reduce methane emissions
Grants will be awarded through the Methane Emissions Reduction Program as part of an ongoing effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nationwide
New EPA regulations aim to cut methane emissions in oil and gas production
Final rule will require oil and gas companies to eliminate routine flaring of natural gas from new oil wells as one way to reduce methane emissions
