Congress: GOP lawmakers give BLM pass on key climate policies

Republican lawmakers at a recent hearing seemed to give the Obama administration a pass on high-profile climate policies at the Interior Department (DOI), including its proposed rule regulating venting and flaring of methane at oil and gas operations on federal lands, as well as its federal coal leasing moratorium. During a March 3 House Appropriations interior and environment panel hearing, Republican lawmakers did not ask a top Bureau of Land Management (BLM) official any questions about the Jan. 23 proposed...