EPA’s Methane Rules May Hinge On Hill Panel’s Bid To Boost Legal Basis

As EPA writes new climate rules for the oil and gas sector, the regulation’s fate may hinge in part on House Democrats’ report that sought to bolster an important legal argument supporting the agency’s rules for the sector and potentially others whose emissions may be subject to regulation in the future. At issue is the ease with which EPA can begin regulating climate-warming pollution from industries it already regulates under section 111 of the air law for their conventional air...