Interior moves to relax rules for drilling on public lands

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The US Interior Department under the Trump administration is proposing to ease regulations on oil and gas drilling on public lands by rolling back two Biden-era rules targeting methane emissions and energy company oversight. This policy shift aims to boost fossil fuel extraction.

The Trump administration is proposing to relax rules to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. The Interior Department, which oversees federal lands, said that it would propose to loosen two Biden-era regulations that sought to rein in planet-warming methane and ensure that energy companies are on the…