House Budget Bill Would Repeal Critical Program to Reduce Methane Pollution Impacting New Mexico and Other Oil and Gas Producing States

House Budget Bill Would Repeal Critical Program to Reduce Methane Pollution Impacting New Mexico and Other Oil and Gas Producing States

The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air and water. This legislation includes a repeal of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program’s (MERP) funding and delays the implementation of its Waste Emissions Charge for 10 years.