Shell endorses Democrats' move to cancel Trump rollback of methane regulations

Oil and gas giant Shell lent its support Wednesday to an effort by Democrats to use a procedural tool to cancel a Trump administration action that would essentially block the Environmental Protection Agency from controlling methane emissions from fossil fuel production.

European-based Shell became the first oil major to endorse a resolution introduced by Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats, to use the Congressional Review Act to scrap the Trump administration methane rollback.

The resolution is co-sponsored by more than a dozen other senators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.