The Trump administration, through the Department of the Interior, moves to relax regulations governing oil and gas drilling on public lands. Interior is preparing proposals to loosen two rules put in place during the Biden administration. The changes would reduce compliance burdens and costs for fossil fuel companies operating on federal property. According to reporting, one of the Biden-era regulations sought to limit planet-warming methane emissions from drilling and related activities. The Interior Department now proposes to weaken requirements that were designed to curb those impacts, while also adjusting how companies are expected to meet federal standards. A second Biden-era measure is also targeted by the new proposals, with Interior saying the revised approach would make drilling operations less costly and less restrictive for industry. The proposals are presented as part of a broader effort to expand or facilitate energy development on federal lands, but the specific details of how the requirements would change are set out through the upcoming regulatory proposals. The process is at the proposal stage, meaning the rules would be subject to additional public review before any changes take effect.