Natural Gas

The Senate is poised to approve a resolution that would overturn the Trump EPA’s repeal of oil and gas sector methane limits, teeing up questions about whether EPA must issue interim guidance to address the move even before it issues expected new rules governing the potent greenhouse gas.

The oil giant Shell is ramping up its support for EPA to impose direct methane standards for the industry, urging lawmakers to approve a pending congressional resolution that would rescind the Trump administration’s rule scuttling methane and other emissions controls on oil and gas facilities.

Major environmental groups are urging President Joe Biden to set a “clear and aggressive schedule” for EPA to curb climate and conventional pollutants from power plants using air, water and waste laws, underscoring the pressures facing the fossil fuel-fired plants regardless of whether Congress enacts clean energy measures.