President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation to scrap two Biden administration rules — one to reduce planet-warning methane emissions and the other affecting offshore drilling.
Lawmakers acted under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn newly issued rules by simple majority. That bypasses the Senate filibuster.
EPA’s rule to implement a fee on methane leaks from the oil and gas industry is the first Biden action killed this year. Democrats mandated the fee in their 2022 climate law.
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Resolution sponsors Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) and Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) called the fee too punitive. The rule would have charged producers $900 per ton of excess methane released.
