Democrats call for fee on methane emissions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : In the meantime, Republicans have sought to carve a path on climate change where they call for reduced emissions but argue the best path is allowing industry to develop new technologies unobstructed by government regulation.
52% : But right now the nation remains hugely dependent on oil, natural gas and coal, requiring a huge investment in new clean energy technologies that is drawing push back from even some Democrats.
51% : In 2019 the Environmental Protection Agency estimated the U.S. oil and gas industry's methane emissions at 197 million tons, even as large companies like Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell have sought to reign in those emissions to address climate change.
29% : "It sucks money out of the free market and puts it in the hands of bureaucrats."

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