24 Red States Seek To Block EPA Rules On Methane

August 27, 2024 Environment, Republicans

CNN reports:

Republican officials in 24 states asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to halt a Biden administration effort to reduce emissions of the planet-warming gas methane, adding to a series of emergency appeals challenging environmental regulations.

Led by Oklahoma, the states are asking the high court to pause an Environmental Protection Agency rule that went into effect earlier this year and that the agency estimates will slash methane emissions from oil and gas operations by nearly 80% through 2038.

Methane, the main component of natural gas and a byproduct of fossil fuel drilling, is a powerful source of climate pollution with more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide during its first two decades in the atmosphere.

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Photo: Oklahoma AG Genter Drummond, whose family owns 443,000 acres of ranch land, making them the state’s largest private landowner and the 23rd largest private landowner in the country.



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