The EPA made official last month its plans to delay a rule meant to reduce emissions of methane and other oil and gas industry air pollution.

On Nov. 26, the EPA finalized a rule that gives companies until January 2027 to begin reducing emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The rule finalized by the EPA in December 2023 was originally supposed to take effect this year.

Methane is responsible for around 30 percent of the rise in global temperatures since the Industrial Revolution, according to the International Energy Agency.  Oil and natural gas systems are the largest source of methane in the U.S., accounting for 28 percent of emissions, according to the EPA.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has said he is considering repealing the rule entirely, despite objections by some in the oil and gas industry that they have already invested in methane monitoring and capture equipment, according to the New York Times.