EPA Finalizes Rule For IRA’s Methane Fee Considered Likely Trump Target

EPA is finalizing its rule implementing the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) methane emissions fee, cementing the policy for now even as the rule and its underlying statutory basis are considered highly vulnerable to rollback by the incoming Trump administration and a likely GOP Congress. Even so, the Biden administration’s Nov. 12 release of the rule coincides with a U.S.-China summit on reducing methane and other potent greenhouse gases, which officials are hosting as part of broader international climate talks in...