Senate unexpectedly rejects bid to repeal methane rule
Senate unexpectedly rejects bid to repeal methane rule
Source: Charleston Gazette Mail
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate narrowly voted down a resolution on Wednesday to repeal an Obama-era rule regulating methane emissions from drilling on public lands - with three Republicans joining every Democrat to preserve the rule.
The 51-49 vote marked the first time since President Donald Trump’s election that Republicans have failed in their attempt to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn Obama-era rules....
The methane emissions rule, issued by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management in November, addresses a potent greenhouse gas that is accelerating climate change.
The previous administration estimated the rule would prevent roughly 180,000 tons a year of methane from escaping into the atmosphere and would boost federal revenue because firms pay only royalties on the federal resources they capture and contain.
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