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  "path": "/news/19032026/senator-whitehouse-permian-basin-methane-pollution-investigation/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-19T22:01:32.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Fossil Fuels",
    "Justice & Health",
    "Politics",
    "air pollution",
    "greenhouse gas",
    "greenhouse gas emissions",
    "Methane",
    "methane emissions",
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  "textContent": "U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) launched an investigation into the discrepancy between reported and observed methane pollution from the Permian Basin—the largest-producing oil field in the United States and one of the largest in the world. The investigation, announced Wednesday, follows a recent report by MethaneSAT, a short-lived methane-sensing satellite launched by the Environmental Defense […]",
  "title": "Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin"
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