Top Official Touts EPA Methane Rule, Permit Bill As Key Post-IRA Steps

AUSTIN, TX -- Ali Zaidi, the White House domestic climate advisor, is highlighting EPA’s forthcoming supplemental proposed oil and gas methane rule and proposed permit streamlining legislation for electric transmission lines as two key options for meeting the administration’s GHG goals after enactment of major climate legislation. “We will meet that 50 percent [target]. And we have a line of sight on exactly how to do it,” he said during Sept. 23 remarks here at the Texas Tribune Festival, referring...