唐纳德·特朗普在得克萨斯州拉伯克的一场集会上宣布，其政府将“终止”拜登时代针对油气公司的甲烷泄漏监管规定 1。特朗普称此举旨在为消费者和能源生产商节省450亿美元成本，并预计释放2.1亿桶石油产量及额外产生1.41万亿立方英尺的天然气 1。美国环保署（EPA）局长李·泽尔丁支持该决定，认为这结束了对石油和天然气的“战争” 1。
此次拟被废止的规则源于2024年发布的甲烷标准，该标准首次要求在全国范围内限制现有油气设施的甲烷排放 1。自2025年3月EPA停止执行相关油气监管以来，已导致价值70亿美元的天然气发生泄漏、排放或燃烧 1。Fieldnotes记录显示，行业协会和公司在新政府第一年至少与EPA就甲烷法规进行了38次会议 1。环保组织和行业监督机构批评此举迎合了化石燃料利益集团，并削弱了对气候污染的控制 1。鉴于甲烷至少占当前全球变暖成因的四分之一，废除这些监管措施引发了关于环境影响的争议 1。
During a rally in Lubbock, Texas, Donald Trump announced that his administration intends to "terminate" the methane emissions rules established by the Biden administration for oil and gas companies 1. The former president stated that repealing these regulations would save consumers and energy producers approximately $45 billion while unlocking an estimated 210 million barrels of oil production, a volume roughly equivalent to ten days of U.S. consumption 1. Additionally, Trump claimed the move would release an extra 1.41 trillion cubic feet of natural gas into the market 1.
Lee Zeldin, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), endorsed the decision, framing it as the end of a "war" on the oil and gas industry 1. However, environmental organizations and industry watchdogs have criticized the rollback, arguing that it caters to fossil fuel interests and weakens controls on climate pollution 1. Records from Fieldnotes indicate that industry associations and companies held at least 38 meetings with the EPA regarding methane regulations during the first year of the new government 1.
The 2024 methane rules originally mandated nationwide limits on emissions from existing oil and gas facilities for the first time 1. Since the EPA suspended enforcement of related oil and gas regulations in March 2025, leaks, venting, or flaring have resulted in the loss of natural gas valued at $7 billion 1. Critics note the significance of this reversal given that methane is responsible for at least a quarter of current global warming 1.
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