States, Oil & Gas Groups Press Supreme Court To Stay Methane Rule

Republican-led states and industry groups are pressing the Supreme Court to stay EPA’s oil and gas methane standards pending court review on the rule’s merits, arguing a key appellate court wrongly declined to pause the measure even though they believe the standards infringe on states’ latitude under the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA’s rule is “an authoritarian national command from EPA to the states and operators . . . that the states regulate, that violates the cooperative federalism embedded by...