EPA finalizes methane fee as Trump threatens Biden climate rules

Published November 12, 2024 10:47am ET



The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a major climate rule tackling methane emissions through a controversial fee on oil and gas companies. 

The final rule was announced on Tuesday amid the United Nations’s annual Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, as Biden administration officials aim to affirm America’s commitments toward mitigating climate change despite President-elect Donald Trump having won the recent election. 

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