Obama administration scrambles to complete costly regulations
• Clean Power Plan • Methane Regulation for Oil and Natural Gas Production on Federal Lands • Stream Protection Rule • Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Plan • Biofuel Blending Requirements
President Obama's Agencies are rushing to complete onerous energy regulations before his term ends. The Department of Interior is working to finish an offshore oil and natural gas leasing plan and a stream protection rule for coal mining that would leave billions of dollars of stranded coal reserves. On Tuesday, the Interior's Bureau of Land Management finalized the methane regulation for oil and natural gas production on federal lands. Further, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to finalize biofuel blending requirements for refiners, which is part of the Renewable Fuel Standard. President-Elect Trump has vowed, however, to undo many of the major regulations that President Obama's team imposed in the last eight years, including the Clean Power Plan.