The House on Friday passed a resolution to reverse a pollution rule
for oil and natural gas drillers that was put in place by the Obama
administration.
Members voted 221-191 to approve a Congressional
Review Act resolution against the Bureau of Land Management’s methane
venting and flaring rule. If approved by the Senate and signed by
President Trump, the rule would come off the books for good.
Republicans
and the oil industry say the rule would hinder energy production on
federal lands by restricting drilling, costing jobs as well as tax and
royalty payments for state and local governments.
“It is a costly rule and a totally unnecessary rule,” said Rep. Rob Bishop
(R-Utah), the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. The
resolution, he said, “will help people, it will support people. This
rule’s repeal is a vote for people, and making sure that their lives are
better, not worse.”
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/317739-house-votes-to-overturn-obama-oil-and-gas-rule
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