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GOP split could prevent Senate vote to repeal Obama’s methane rule

By Susan Ferrechio
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GOP split could prevent Senate vote to repeal Obama’s methane rule

Senate Republicans are working hard to convince members of their own party to finally overturn a Barack Obama-era rule to limit methane leakage, but it’s not clear an agreement can be reached by next week.

House Republicans in February easily passed a measure that would roll back a 2016 Department of Interior regulation limiting methane emissions from oil drilling sites located on public lands.

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