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"Today's actions on methane emissions are an important step to take on climate change, putting us on track to achieve President ( Barack) Obama's goal of cutting net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025," the White House said in a statement. "Achieving this goal would save up to 180 billion cubic feet of wasted natural gas in 2025 -- enough to heat more than 2 million homes for an entire year."
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In addition, the Department of Energy will get 25 million U.S. dollars in funding to develop and demonstrate technologies to identify and reduce natural gas leaks.
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While methane emissions from the oil and gas industry have declined 16 percent since 1990, they are projected to increase by about 25 percent over the next decade if no additional steps are taken, the EPA said.
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Environmental groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council called the methane emission reduction goal "an important start" but insisted that it should require all existing oil and gas wells, not just new and modified ones, to curb methane pollution.
"Taking such industry-wide action would be a powerful follow-up to the President's historic action on carbon pollution from power plants," Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.
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"Methane emissions have fallen thanks to industry leadership and investment in new technologies," said Jack Gerard, president of American Petroleum Institute. "Another layer of burdensome requirements could actually slow down industry progress to reduce methane emissions."
BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer inflation retreated mildly in September weighed down by dropping food prices, while steady service prices allowed a continued rise in overall price levels.
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On a monthly basis, the index was up 0.5 percent, slightly higher than the 0.4 percent seen in the previous month.
NBS statistician Sheng Guoqing attributed the milder inflation to lackluster food prices, which account for a significant part of the CPI calculation.
"Food prices declined 1.4 percent from a year ago, contributing 0.28 percentage point to the slowdown," said Sheng.
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Meanwhile, the increase in non-food prices picked up speed. Led by services, including heath care and home rents, non-food prices gained 2.4 percent year on year, quickening from August's 2.3 percent.
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For the first nine months of the year, the CPI climbed 1.5 percent from one year earlier, safely lower than the government goal of 3 percent for the whole year.
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He Yani (second from left) and members of the blind musician troupe Mangxuandui Photo: Courtesy of China Citic Press
I met with He Yani during a stifling hot afternoon at Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang Province, where she was shooting a short film about the history of the Old Summer Palace that she said would be shown during the G20 Summit in September.
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