Senate votes to toss Trump rule deregulating methane emissions

[pdq]

So, methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas, and Obama made a rule in 2016 designed to limit methane leaks by requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and repair new natural gas equipment.

But he was black and a Democrat, so anything he did had to be undone if possible. ..which Trump did last September, even though Exxon, Shell and BP asked him not to.

Also:

A spokesperson for the American Petroleum Institute, the oil and gas industry’s largest trade group, said the group is working with the Biden administration “in support of the direct regulation of methane for new and existing sources through a new rulemaking process.”

One way to undo the Trump rule blocking the Obama rule is for Congress to disapprove of the rule change via a simple majority vote. Which the Senate just did, 52-42.

I don't know what is most notable: that the CNBC article didn't mention that all Dems voted for it, and that all nay votes were R's...or that there were actually 3 Repubs that voted for it (Portman R-OH, Collins R-ME, and...wait for it...Lindsey Graham (Whichever-way-the-wind-blows - SC).

Now it goes to the House, and (presumably) Biden's desk.

[Lemon Drop]

Good. More please.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I still think SoCalGas should have been forced to light off the Porter Ranch/Aliso Canyon gas leak to reduce the climate change impact and increase visibility of the disaster.

Hopefully the new satellite monitoring system has been catching a lot of polluters.
New Space satellite pinpoints industrial methane emissions
https: //www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-5P/New_Space_satellite_pinpoints_industrial_methane_emissions

[NewtonMP2100]

.....nocturnal.....emissions.......

[mrbigstuff]

Great. I do wonder how much of this would lead to substantive gains (or losses, in this case, of methane), but whatever works to get things headed down this path.