A group of 23 Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration over its implementation of a fee for excess methane emissions imposed on the oil and gas industry. 



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Republican states sue EPA over ‘methane fee’ implementation

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A group of 23 Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration over its implementation of a fee for excess methane emissions imposed on the oil and gas industry.  The fees were written into the law in 2022 as part of the Democrats’ sprawling climate, tax and health care bill.  The law seeks to reduce methane…

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"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 22 other states sue to halt planned federal methane fines" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton,…

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Texas AG Ken Paxton, 22 other states sue to halt planned federal methane fines

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has joined 22 other states in filing a petition for review to sue the Environmental Protection Agency and President Joe Biden.

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Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond sues Biden, EPA to stop new methane tax

Texas produces the greatest volume of petroleum and marketed natural gas and would likely be disproportionately impacted by the tax.

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Texas leads 23-state coalition to block EPA methane tax

(The Center Square) – Twenty-three states, led by Texas, have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over a new rule it finalized in accordance with a law passed by Congress. The rule creates a methane tax and targets the U.S. oil…

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The rule fines certain oil and gas facilities that exceed federal limits for methane emissions.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, 22 other states sue to halt planne…

Along with 22 other states, Texas is seeking to bar the final rule from taking effect on January 17. The post Texas Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over ‘Unlawful’ Methane Tax appeared first on Texas Scorecard.

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Texas Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over ‘Unlawful’ Methane Tax - Texas Scorecard

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading 22 other attorneys general in suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over a new rule that would fine the oil and natural gas sector for methane emissions that exceed a certain level.  The GOP states are alleging the new rule, which was established in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, is ‘arbitrary, capricious, [and] an abuse of discretion.’ The complaint against the EPA is scant on d…

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Energy expert weighs in on 23 state attorneys general suing EPA over new methane emissions fee

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to stop Joe Biden’s effort to ban gas-powered water heaters as part of his radical environmental agenda that hurts consumers. Paxton and a multi-state coalition of Attorneys General are challenging the unlawful regulation designed by Biden’s Department of Energy. On December 26, 2024, the Biden Administration promulgated […]

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A natural gas flare in Garden City. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the federal government to stop a methane tax aimed at reducing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, joined by a 22-state coalition, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block the implementation of a methane emissi…

Republican states sue EPA over ‘methane fee’ implementation

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