{"id":897265,"date":"2026-10-28T07:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897265\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T07:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:14:16","slug":"trump-ends-biden-admin-methane-rule-says-it-will-unlock-210m-barrels-of-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897265\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump ends Biden admin methane rule, says it will unlock 210M barrels of oil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Donald Trump announces the rollback that will save energy producers and consumers $45 billion, while unlocking 210 million barrels of oil, during a midterm rally Tuesday in Lubbock, Texas.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> said Tuesday that his administration is ending a Biden-era rule aimed at reducing methane emissions from oil and gas drilling.<\/p>\n

The president announced the move during a campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas, in support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton, saying it would save consumers and energy producers<\/a> $45 billion and unlock 210 million barrels of oil.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, I’m officially terminating Biden’s expensive and unnecessary methane regulations to save consumers and energy producers $45 billion in costs, unlock vast quantities of Texas natural gas, and produce 210 million barrels of oil,” Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COMMITS UP TO $42M TO REVIVE STALLED NORTHEAST NATURAL GAS PIPELINE<\/a><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is ending a Biden-era rule aimed at reducing methane emissions from oil and gas drilling. (Kent Nishimura \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

He added, “We’ve been working on this for a long time.”<\/p>\n

The rollback comes as Trump pushes to increase domestic energy production amid high fuel prices and the U.S. war with Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

US OIL COMPANY HOLDS KEY TO TRUMP’S GREENLAND DRILLING AMBITIONS<\/a><\/p>\n

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The president announced the move during a campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas, saying it would save consumers and energy producers $45 billion and unlock 210 million barrels of oil. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Methane is the main component of natural gas and a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Oil and gas operations are the largest industrial source of methane emissions, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said last month that the agency would end its “Super Emitter Program,” which requires companies<\/a> to find and fix major methane leaks. The EPA would also loosen rules for smaller oil and gas wells, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

TRUMP ADMIN INVOKING DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT FOR NEW ALASKA POWER GRID PROJECT TOUTED BY VANCE<\/a><\/p>\n

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The rollback comes as Trump pushes to increase domestic energy production amid high fuel prices and the U.S. war with Iran. (Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“The Trump EPA is committed to fixing this so the U.S. can reach its full energy potential,” Zeldin said at the time.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups<\/a> have criticized the rollback, arguing it would increase pollution.<\/p>\n

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“EPA should be fighting this waste, not making it easier,” Environmental Defense Fund President Fred Krupp said.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump announces the rollback that will save energy producers and consumers $45 billion, while unlocking 210…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-897265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}