Trump says he’s ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling

https://apnews.com/article/trump-methane-oil-climate-change-257f28c07cda5146a40dbf7a2c8ba790?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_vfRKhV6xQtp9uKsKUv9SLui3Q-3fzTRNfCtN72KltwzZZ7pF0QnfHMgCzs7nFjVAY2irQAYooqPiOo40gawrjRNVpWg&_hsmi=446332176&utm_content=446332176&utm_source=hs_email AP: Trump Says He's Ending Restrictions On Methane Emissions From Oil Drilling President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is “terminating” a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. Trump said during a campaign rally in Texas that the change would save companies and consumers billions of dollars and unlock 210 million barrels of oil. That’s equivalent to about 10 days of U.S. petroleum consumption. ... Methane is responsible for about a third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, scientists estimate. (Brown and Gruver, 10/28)