US Senate votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
by Associated Press in Washington from on (#5H7DG)
Congressional Democrats move to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields
Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, as part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to tackle climate change.
The Senate approved a resolution Wednesday that would undo an environmental rollback by Donald Trump that relaxed requirements of a 2016 Obama administration rule targeting methane emissions from oil and gas drilling.
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