10月7日——美国环保署周三表示，将很快提议废除拜登政府时期制定的一项旨在减少石油和天然气行业甲烷泄漏的法规。
Oct 7 - The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it would soon propose scrapping a Biden-era rule aimed at curbing large leaks of methane from oil and gas operations.
此举是特朗普政府大幅削减监管措施的一部分，政府声称这些规定给美国企业带来了负担，而削减监管的目的是促进化石燃料生产。
The move is part of a broad Trump administration effort to slash regulations that it says burden US businesses as it seeks to boost fossil fuel production.
美国环保署署长李·泽尔丁在新墨西哥州与石油和天然气行业代表会面后发表声明称：“美国人必须有能力在冬天给家里供暖，也有能力给汽车加油并开车上班。如果能源生产企业背负着不必要的负担，他们就做不到这些。”
"Americans must be able to afford to heat their homes in the winter and fill up their car and drive to work. They can’t do that when the people producing the energy are weighed down by unnecessary burdens," EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement after making the announcement at a meeting with oil and gas industry representatives in New Mexico.
根据美国环保署的‘超级排放源’计划，当第三方通过遥感技术发现疑似甲烷泄漏情况时，相关企业必须作出响应。特朗普政府去年上任后，曾将该政策的实施时间推迟至明年。
EPA's "super emitter" program requires companies to react when third parties report suspected methane leaks using remote sensing. The Trump administration, after taking office last year, had delayed implementation of the policy until next year.
美国环保署称，废除该法规的提议每年可为企业节省450亿美元。
EPA said its proposal to rescind the rule would save $45 billion a year.
甲烷是仅次于二氧化碳的第二大气候变暖诱因，而石油和天然气行业正是甲烷的主要排放源。环保组织对此举措予以谴责。
Methane is the second-biggest cause of climate change after carbon dioxide, and the oil and gas industry is a major source of the gas. Environmental groups criticized the move.
塞拉俱乐部‘摆脱化石燃料’运动负责人马赫亚尔·索鲁尔在声明中指出：“这种向化石燃料企业倾斜的举措既愚蠢又目光短浅，它暴露了特朗普政府真正服务的对象——那些为其提供政治捐款的人。”
"This giveaway to fossil fuel executives is foolish and short-sighted, and reveals who the Trump administration really works for - its political donors,” Mahyar Sorour, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Fossil Fuels campaign, said in a statement.