Divided D.C. Circuit Issues Mandate To EPA For Reinstating Methane NSPS

A majority of the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted a request from some states and environmentalists to issue its mandate vacating the agency's 90-day pause of key requirements in its methane rule for new oil and gas sources, putting the rule back into effect -- though two judges opposed the decision. In an order issued late July 31 , the court en banc directed its clerk to issue the mandate from a...