The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a major climate rule tackling methane emissions through a controversial fee on oil and gas companies. The final rule was announced on Tuesday amid the United Nations’s annual Climate Change Conference in Baku,

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a final rule announced Tuesday by the Biden administration. The Environmental Protection Agency rule follows through on a directive from Congress included in the 2022 climate law.

The U.S. oil and gas industry on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to scrap many of President Joe Biden's policies aimed at fighting climate change, saying the measures threaten jobs, consumer choice and energy security.