House votes to block funding for EPA methane pollution rule
Story Date: 9/18/2017

 

Source: Devin Henry, THE HILL, 9/13/17


Lawmakers voted Wednesday to block implementation of a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pollution rule.
The House voted 218-195 to strip funding for an Obama-era EPA effort to limit methane emissions from new oil and gas drilling sites. Eleven Republicans voted against the amendment, and 3 Democrats voted to block funding for the regulation.

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