US targets oil and natural gas industry’s role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions

Michael Regan, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, speaks Saturday, at the U.S. Center at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

WASHINGTON— The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.