Trump Rolls Back 2023 Methane Rules, EPA Projects $45 Billion in Savings
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 28
Trump Rolls Back 2023 Methane Rules, EPA Projects $45 Billion in Savings
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 28
Summary
Lubbock, Texas — Donald Trump said he is terminating Biden-era methane rules that required oil and gas producers to curb emissions of the heat-trapping gas.
The EPA said revising the Clean Air Act regulations would save consumers and businesses $45 billion, with small operators of marginal wells among the main beneficiaries.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin cast the move as ending a "war on oil and natural gas," and the agency estimated it could add 210 million barrels of oil and 1.41 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
The rollback targets regulations issued in 2023 under Biden, reversing a climate-focused policy that treated methane as a major pollutant from the oil and gas sector.