Texas Governor Responds To Biden Admin Halting Plans To Impose New Regulations On Permian Basin

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) has responded to the news that Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration removed a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to to impose a discretionary redesignation of Texas’ Permian Basin, which accounts for nearly half of all U.S. oil production, in its most recent semiannual regulatory agenda. If implemented, the EPA’s plan could be detrimental to the oil production in the Permian Basin, which would drive up already high gas and oil prices. “The Permian Basin is the crown jewel of Texas’ mighty oil and gas industry, and the State of Texas will do whatever


