The Senate voted Wednesday to cancel a Trump administration action that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from controlling methane emitted by the oil and gas industry.

If signed by President Joe Biden, the measure, which passed 52-42 with some Republican support, would reinstate requirements for oil and gas companies to monitor and repair equipment leaking methane, a greenhouse gas dozens of times more potent than carbon dioxide in contributing to climate change.

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