Congress: House GOP faults EPA oil & gas methane rules

House Republicans are faulting EPA's final new source performance standards (NSPS) limiting emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from new oil and gas sector operations and a data request that could inform similar first-time standards for existing operations, saying the agency is “cherry-picking” data to justify the rules. At a Sept. 15 House science subcommittee hearing on the methane regulations, Democrats nevertheless touted the importance of the standards. An environmentalist testifying at the hearing also said this year's massive...