Senate votes to cancel EPA methane emission fee, sending bill to Trump’s desk

Published February 27, 2025 1:30pm ET



The Senate on Thursday reversed a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency rule that imposes a methane emissions fee on oil and natural gas facilities, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign.

Senators voted 52-47 to pass Sen. John Hoeven’s (R-ND) bill to undo the EPA’s “Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions.” The rule imposes an annual fee on oil and gas facilities that emit methane emissions exceeding a certain threshold.

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