Environmentalists Challenge Methane NSPS Delay In First Test To EPA Rollback

Environmentalists are asking a federal appellate court to block EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's administrative stay of several requirements from the Obama-era methane standards for new oil and gas sources -- a suit that marks the first legal test of a Trump EPA action to roll back or revise greenhouse gas regulations. A coalition of environmental groups -- including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Council, Earthworks, Environmental Integrity Project and Sierra Club -- sued June...