Court Blocks BLM Methane Rule Suspension, Dealing Blow To Trump Plans

A federal district court judge is sharply rebuking the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) move to suspend for a year Obama-era methane limits for oil and gas facilities on federal land, dealing yet another blow to the Trump administration's efforts to relieve climate change regulatory burdens on the sector. BLM's reasoning behind its December regulation suspending the methane standards is “untethered to evidence” that would support not implementing the standards, writes Judge William Orrick of the U.S. District Court for...