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Nixon's 'Western White House' for Sale for $75 Million

Filed under: Celebrity Homes, House of the Day ZillowKnown as the “Western White House” during Nixon’s presidency, the home in San Clemente is privately owned. By Melissa Allison The oceanside estate in California where Richard Nixon hosted 17 heads of state and retired to write his memoirs is on the market for $75 million. Nixon bought the San Clemente home in 1969 and dubbed it “La Casa Pacifica.” It was

U.S. EPA proposes methane emission standards for oil and gas industry

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed new standards to cut greenhouse gas emissions and volatile organic compounds from oil and gas facilities, a key part of a broader strategy to cut methane emissions in the sector by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels in the next ten years. The proposed methane standards are expected to reduce the equivalent of 7.7 mln to 9 mln metric tonnes of