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The Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA To ‘Effectively Gut’ Methane Rules - PopularResistance.Org
As House Republicans crafted President Trump’s domestic policy bill last spring, the oil and gas industry watched closely, eyes trained on the fate of one policy in particular: a fee on excess methane emissions for major emitters in the oil and gas industry. Even though Congress had previously repealed the rule implementing the methane tax via the Congressional Review Act, industry wanted the tax itself off the books entirely. In May 2025, as the bill moved out of committee, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers said in a statement, we “are hopeful that the final package includes the permanent repeal of the punitive ‘methane fee.’”
