OMB Reviews Methane Fee Rule As Court Details Scope Of Oil & Gas Suit

The White House has begun inter-agency review of EPA’s draft final implementing rule for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) methane fee for oil and gas operators, a policy that industry groups and their allies in Congress have consistently opposed. At the same time, an appellate court is providing further clarity on the scope of litigation over EPA’s methane emissions standards for the sector. Judges paused challenges to discrete elements of the agency’s methane rule while directing challengers to file opening...