EPA Climate Finding Questions Could Pave Way for Methane Rule Rewrite

The EPA wants to define a threshold for the amount of pollution required to pose a significant threat to public health and prompt controls, a move that could raise questions about limits on oil and gas methane emissions, the agency’s air chief said.

The Environmental Protection Agency in a footnote in its Dec. 6 proposal to reconsider Obama-era carbon dioxide controls for new and modified power plants opened the door for comment about whether the agency has made an adequate finding that greenhouse gases from the power sector must be regulated. That determination is twofold—that greenhouse gases endanger public health ...