Simson pushes for strict methane rules

Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson has urged the Council to take a more ambitious position in the trilogue on methane regulation. „The amendments related to the detection and repair of leaks, to inactive wells and to venting and flaring represent a significant limitation of the targets and could therefore prevent us from effectively reducing methane emissions already in the short term,“ Simson wrote in a letter to parliamentary rapporteur Jutta Paulus (Greens).