US Senate climate deal includes fee on methane emissions for oil and gas

摘要

A new fee on methane emissions from oil and gas operations is included in the surprise deal on inflation and energy legislation that Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat-West Virginia and Chuck Schumer, Democrat-New York, unveiled July 27. The fees are part of a suite of methane emission reduction measures included in the budget reconciliation package that aims to curb inflation and make sweeping energy investments to combat climate change.