Democrats move to cancel Trump oil and gas methane rollback

Published March 25, 2021 12:00am ET



Congressional Democrats will attempt to use a procedural tool to cancel a Trump administration action that would essentially block the Environmental Protection Agency from controlling methane emissions from oil and gas production.

Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced a resolution on Thursday under the Congressional Review Act to scrap the methane rollback.

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