# LEE ZELDIN: Biden’s energy rules cost billions. Trump’s EPA is lowering costs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lee-zeldin-bidens-energy-rules-cost-billions-trumps-epa-is-lowering-costs/
- Published: 2026-10-28T16:50:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T04:21:01+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lee-zeldin-bidens-energy-rules-cost-billions-trumps-epa-lowering-costs
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- EPA proposal is projected to save $45 billion.
- It could enable more oil and gas production.
- Zeldin argues the changes can lower costs while protecting the environment.

## Summary

Lee Zeldin says the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed changes to Biden-era oil and gas rules would reduce costs for consumers and increase domestic fuel production. The proposal is presented as a way to make regulation more workable for producers while maintaining environmental protections.

The article says the 2024 rules were estimated by the Biden administration to cost $18 billion, while the new proposal is expected to save $45 billion and enable an additional 210 million barrels of oil and 1.41 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. It would set different standards for different well sites, end the “super emitter” programme and allow 95% efficient flaring or other controls for natural gas produced alongside oil. Zeldin also cites the EPA’s claimed $1.6 trillion in deregulatory savings over the past year; these figures and claims are presented by the author.

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