D.C. Circuit rejects request to stay EPA oil and gas rule rollback

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has rejected a request by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and nine other environmental groups to stay portions of EPA’s rule rolling back leak detection and other mandates for oil and gas operations, finding they failed to meet the “stringent” requirements for a stay. In a brief Jan. 15 order , the court in EDF, et al., v. EPA rejects a motion filed in mid-November by environmentalists asking the...