New EPA Methane Emission Rule Likely to Be Undone Under Trump, GOP

The greenhouse gas levy will require congressional action to undo, but with Republican critics helming committees, it could be repealed in early 2025.

Crews work on stopping a methane gas leak at a well in Aliso Canyon near the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles County, Calif., in December 2015. Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a methane emissions rule that levies a first-ever “Waste Emissions Charge” on oil and gas producers starting at $900 per metric ton of emissions this calendar year before rising to $1,500 per emitted ton in 2026.