{"id":439942,"date":"2021-04-21T20:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=439942"},"modified":"2021-04-21T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:21:05","slug":"sen-susan-collins-joins-dems-to-undo-president-trumps-methane-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-susan-collins-joins-dems-to-undo-president-trumps-methane-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Susan Collins joins Dems to undo President Trump\u2019s methane policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-susan-collins-joins-dems-to-undo-president-trumps-methane-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=439942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2401650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2401650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 20: Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) listens to testimony from members of the Biden administration during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:10 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, April 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republican Senator Susan Collins (Maine) has joined Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/environment-and-energy\/collins-backs-democrats-push-to-ax-trump-methane-emissions-rule\">overturn<\/a> a Trump administration rollback of methane emissions.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the GOP senator said she will co-sponsor legislation to axe the Trump-era rule by using the <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.org\/sgp\/crs\/misc\/R43992.pdf\">Congressional Review Act<\/a> (CRA). The CRA would allow Congress to get rid of regulations completed in the prior 60 legislative days.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2401651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2401651\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2401651 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3199.jpeg\" alt=\"CHESHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 11: (EDITOR'S NOTE: A POLARIZING FILTER WAS USED IN THE CREATION OF THIS IMAGE) A chimney is seen emitting steam on April 11, 2006, Cheshire, England. The world's population is more environmentally aware now than ever with emissions being cut and rubbish recycling at it's highest. However experts have announced that current levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere are higher now than at any time in the past 650,000 years. (Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3199.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-57314655-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-57314655-655x437.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-57314655-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2401651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rule had eased regulations on U.S. energy producers as part of President Trump\u2019s greater effort to roll back a series of Obama-era policies. It lifted requirements to monitor and limit methane leaks from wells, pipelines and other operations.<\/p>\n<p>Collins has joined Democrats to once again <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/549358-collins-joins-democrats-in-bid-to-undo-trump-methane-emissions\">limit methane emissions<\/a> as they battle so-called climate change.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/study-msm-coverage-heavily-slanted-in-bidens-favor\/\">Study: MSM Coverage Heavily Slanted In Biden\u2019s Favor<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 20: Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. 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