Litigation: D.C. Circuit urged to reject EPA landfill methane rule delay

States and an environmental group opposed to EPA’s rule delaying implementation of Obama-era landfill methane standards are urging a federal appeals court to scrap the rule and force the agency to quickly achieve cuts of the potent greenhouse gas. California and eight other mostly Democratic-led states along with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) say in a Nov. 23 reply brief in EDF, et al. v. EPA in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that...