D.C. Circuit Rejects Critics’ Bid To Stay EPA Methane Rule Amid Review

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied states' and industry groups’ requests to stay EPA’s oil and gas methane standards pending court review, concluding that the challengers have not cleared the high bar to secure such a stay. “Petitioners have not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review,” says a July 9 per curiam order in State of Texas, et al. v. EPA, et al. ,...