DOJ seeks to pause suit over EPA oil & gas methane rollback

The Biden administration is urging an appellate court to pause litigation challenging the Trump EPA’s rollback of direct methane standards for new oil and gas facilities, a major policy that top administration officials have already said they will review and likely try to reverse. The request comes in a Feb. 1 motion from the Biden Justice Department (DOJ) urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to pause its consideration of State of California, et al....