The United States plans to roll back methane emission regulations for oil and gas drilling.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced his administration would end Biden-era methane emission rules. The move follows a 2023 UN climate conference where the Biden administration introduced a methane regulation.
- Donald Trump announced his administration is terminating Biden-era regulations on methane emissions.
- President Trump claimed the changes would save consumers and energy producers $45 billion in costs.
- Scientists estimate methane is responsible for about a third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
- The United States is the world's leading emitter of methane from its oil and gas sector.
- The EPA intended to eliminate the 'Super Emitter' program.
- Methane has about 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years.
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