Appeals Court Says EPA Can't Keep Delaying Obama-Era Methane Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. notes the EPA can choose to rewrite a rule designed to prevent leaks from natural gas facilities. But it can't just put it off for two years, the judges decided.
An appeals court in Washington, D.C., has blocked an attempt by the Environmental Protection Agency to delay Obama-era methane regulations, rejecting claims by the EPA that the oil and gas industry wasn't allowed to comment on the rules.
The agency could choose to rewrite the rules, but it overstepped in trying to delay them for years, the U.S. Court of Appeals
