{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-colleagues-reintroduce-methane-reduction-and-economic-growth-act", "Miller, Colleagues Reintroduce Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act", "2025-03-05", "2025", "2025-03", "Republican", "House", "WV", "Carol D. Miller", "M001205", "miller.house.gov", "miller", "https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) and her colleagues Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), and Chris Deluzio (D-PA) introduced the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act. This bipartisan bill focuses on capturing and repurposing mine methane emissions from active and abandoned mines to be used as an energy source across the United States.\n\nClick here for bill text.\n\nClick here for Axios' exclusive on the Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act.\n\n\u201cCoal has powered the United States for generations, and I\u2019m making sure it continues to fuel our homes, businesses, and economy,\" said Congresswoman Miller. \"Expanding the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage tax credit is an important first step to secure our economic and energy success. If we can take mine methane emissions and turn them into an energy source, the United States will remain dominant on the global stage. The Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act is a win for energy security, clean air, and the American economy.\"\n\n\u201cMethane is one of the leading contributors to climate change, which is why Congress must incentivize innovative approaches to reduce emissions such as methane capture technology,\u201d said Congresswoman Sewell. \u201cThis legislation will help create new jobs in Jefferson & Tuscaloosa Counties while simultaneously cleaning up our air and advancing environmental justice.\u201d\n\n\u201cOur tax code currently incentivizes the capture of carbon oxide emissions \u2013 but not mine methane, which accounts for a tenth of all U.S. methane emissions,\u201d said Congressman Reschenthaler. \u201cThis omission should be added to boost America\u2019s energy security and spur new economic production in southwestern Pennsylvania. I thank Representatives Miller and Sewell for their leadership in spearheading the commonsense Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act that supports the proper capture and utilization of mine methane.\u201d\n\n\"This bill will incentivize efforts to capture methane emissions from mines and to turn them into a source powering our grid and economy,\u201d said Congressman Deluzio. \u201cI am proud to join my colleagues to support the bipartisan Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act\u2019s efforts to create jobs, reduce mine methane emissions, strengthen energy security, and clean up our air.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis is a perfect example of how Washington ought to work,\u201d said Cecil E. Roberts, International President of the United Mine Workers of America. \u201cThis is strong bi-partisan legislation that will grow coalfield jobs, support coalfield communities and help reduce methane emissions. It is a win-win for workers and communities across Appalachia and I thank Representatives Carol Miller and Terri Sewell for taking the lead. The UMWA wholeheartedly supports this legislation and will work to secure its passage.\u201d\n\n\"Capturing and utilizing mine methane\u2014a largely untapped domestic energy resource\u2014will help us to truly unleash America\u2019s energy dominance,\u201d said Mike Moore, executive director of the Waste Gas Capture Initiative (WGCI). \u201cThanks to Congresswoman Miller and her colleagues\u2019 introduction of this legislation today, Congress and President Trump can help our country leverage mine methane capture to create good-paying jobs in rural communities, lower energy costs through increased production, support a healthy and thriving coal industry in the United States, and allow America to reclaim our energy security.\"\n\nBackground:\n\n10% of U.S. methane emissions are made up of methane gas released from abandoned mines. The Methane Reduction and Economic Growth Act will reduce mine methane emissions, create jobs, enhance energy security, and clean up local environments.\n\nThis bill will amend section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code to qualify methane, which otherwise would\u2019ve been released as a greenhouse gas emission, to be acquitted equivalent to the capture of CO2.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T00:15:27Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://miller.house.gov/media/press-releases/miller-colleagues-reintroduce-methane-reduction-and-economic-growth-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.902877189218998, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}