House poised to debate rescinding Biden EPA methane tax rule

Today, the House is expected to debate a resolution of disapproval that would rescind the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) methane tax rule, “Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions.” H.J. Res. 35, a Congressional Review Act resolution, is sponsored by Rep. Pfluger (R-TX).

Daren Bakst, CEI’s Director of the Center for Energy and Environment, urged the House to pass the resolution:

“Our nation needs affordable and abundant energy, not government policies that would make it more difficult to meet our energy needs and likely increase prices. Yet this is exactly what the EPA’s methane tax rule would do by imposing taxes on oil and natural gas producers for methane emissions exceeding certain threshold levels. The EPA developed this rule to implement the methane tax from the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Emissions Reduction Program.

“The House should pass this Congressional Review Act resolution that would rescind the EPA rule and the Senate should quickly follow the lead of the House. In addition, Congress should repeal the IRA’s entire Methane Emissions Reduction Program.”

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