METHANE
EPA seeks more comments on plan to delay standards
The oil and gas industry will have to comply with U.S. EPA standards for methane emissions for at least an extra month.
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Ellen M. Gilmer, E&E News reporter
The oil and gas industry will have to comply with U.S. EPA standards for methane emissions for at least an extra month.
The Trump administration is breaking with its predecessors by using a 2006 opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from a famously muddled wetlands case in a bid to limit Clean Water Act protection of isolated wetlands and waterways. Many legal experts don't think that's a good idea.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
EPA's detractors are worried the agency is taking a step that could weaken the cornerstone of the Obama administration's climate policy.
By Niina Heikkinen in Climatewire
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The Trump administration is breaking with its predecessors by using a 2006 opinion by the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from a famously muddled wetlands case in a bid to limit Clean Water Act protection of isolated wetlands and waterways. Many legal experts don't think that's a good idea.
By Ariel Wittenberg in Greenwire
EPA's detractors are worried the agency is taking a step that could weaken the cornerstone of the Obama administration's climate policy.
By Niina Heikkinen in Climatewire