Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies

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Biden EPA to charge first-ever ‘methane fee’ for drilling waste by oil and gas companies
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Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration.

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As outlined by the EPA, excess methane produced in 2024 could result in a fee of $900 per ton, with fees rising to $1,200 per ton in 2025 and $1,500 per ton by 2026. Industry groups are likely to challenge the rule, including any effort to impose a retroactive fee.new EPA rule on methane emissions imposed this year.

Even so, EPA estimates that the rule will result in cumulative emissions reductions of 1.2 million metric tons of methane through 2035. That figure is similar to clean-air gains from taking nearly 8 million gas-powered cars off the road for a year, the EPA said. Cumulative climate benefits could total as much $2 billion, the agency said.

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