WASHINGTON â Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to reverse a Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency rule that limits regulation of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and a major contributor to climate change.
Wednesdayâs 52-42 vote marks Democratsâ first use of the Congressional Review Act to overturn a policy put in place by a Republican president. The House must still vote before it reaches President Joe Bidenâs desk. The White House has said Biden supports overturning the Trump rule.
That tightening methane regulations is the Democratâs first use of the law shows how important it is, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said at a news conference Wednesday morning. âItâs really vital,â Schumer said.
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When Bakersfield-based oil company E&B Natural Resources sought to put wells in Hermosa Beach that would dig through the ocean floor sideways in 2013, the company s president said he wanted the community s trust.
Subscribe We understand that we must not only demonstrate that we can operate in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, but we must also establish trust, Steve Layton told the Los Angeles Times. But Hermosa Beach rejected Layton s offer of trust by voting down the proposed project.
Now environmentalists in Los Angeles say that E&B Natural Resources has violated another community s trust after one of its pipelines at the Inglewood Oil Field leaked more than 1,600 gallons of oil on April 6, according to an initial state spill report, which says a shipping pipeline valve was left open through human error. A call to the Los Angeles County Fire Department s Hea
WASHINGTON
Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to reverse a Trump-era Environmental Protection Agency rule that limits regulation of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and a major contributor to climate change.
Wednesday’s 52-42 vote marks Democrats’ first use of the Congressional Review Act to overturn a policy put in place by a Republican president. The House must still vote before it reaches President Biden’s desk. The White House has said Biden supports overturning the Trump rule.
That tightening methane regulations is the Democrat’s first use of the law shows how important it is, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) said at a news conference Wednesday morning. “It’s really vital,” Schumer said.
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