Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Democratic members of the House Natural Resources Committee hosted a public forum on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 12:30 p.m. on Capitol Hill to highlight the health, environmental and economic risks of the Republican campaign to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane Waste Rule. The forum addressed GOP lawmakers intention to vote on Friday, Feb. 3, to repeal the rule using the Congressional Review Act – a move that would waste resources, make air pollution and climate change worse, and cost taxpayers significant revenue.

Press Releases 

• Natural Resources Committee Democrats Hosting Public Forum Next Wed. on Protecting Methane Waste Rule From GOP Onslaught (Jan. 27, 2017)

• Wednesday’s Democratic Forum on Imperiled Methane Rule Features Former BLM Advisor, Public Health and Environment Experts (Jan. 30, 2017)

Letters 

• Oppose H.J. Res 36: Protect the BLM Methane Waste Rule (Jan. 30, 2017)

• Groups Oppose the BLM Methane Rule (Jan. 30, 2017)

• Stop the Republican Pro-Waste Agenda! (Jan. 25, 2017)

News Coverage 

• Union of Concerned Scientists, What’s Congress Doing to our Methane Waste Regulations? (2/2)

• E&E News, Dems move to save BLM methane rule (2/2)