Groups prod Senate to undo Obama’s fracking rule as deadline nears

Published May 3, 2017 10:03pm ET



A group of more than 10 conservative and free-market groups launched an eleventh-hour push in the Senate Wednesday to pressure lawmakers to pass a bill repealing an Obama-era climate change rule before next week’s deadline.

The House passed a resolution months ago to repeal an Interior Department methane emission rule for the oil and natural gas industry. But the bill has languished since then in the Senate, with no likely plan for moving it to President Trump’s desk.

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