Courts' Rejection Of EPA Rule Delays Poses Test For Wheeler's Agenda

EPA's recent court losses in cases undoing implementation delays for two major Obama-era rules create additional legal complications for acting agency chief Andrew Wheeler's agenda, as he faces new pressures to implement regulations that were previously on hold unless the agency can find a rationale to further delay them. One industry attorney calls the two losses -- the latest in a string of legal defeats in cases filed by Trump EPA critics over delays of the previous administration's rules --...