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Congress acts to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump

by Matthew Daly
| June 25, 2021 9:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legislative branch to overturn a regulatory rollback under President Donald Trump.

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