Regulations: House Scraps Methane Standards After Senate Kills SEC Rule

"The House [Friday] today voted to scrap a Bureau of Land Management rule that seeks to curb greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas flaring, venting and leakage on public and tribal lands.

The resolution of disapproval, H.J. Res. 36, passed by a 221 to 191 vote. Three Democrats voted for it and 11 Republicans against.

The measure now heads to the Senate, where Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) has introduced his own resolution of disapproval, S.J. Res. 11.

House Republicans have axed a number of Obama-era rules this week using the Congressional Review Act, which prohibits agencies from reissuing a rule or issuing a 'substantially similar' one."

Arianna Skibell and Dylan Brown report for Greenwire February 3, 2017.