Environmental Defense Fund: Court Vacates Trump BLM's Rollback of Methane Waste Prevention Rule
July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020
NEW YORK, July 16 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on July 15:
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Trump administration's reversal of the Methane Waste Prevention Rule was "wholly inadequate" and vacated the action.
The rule reduced the waste of methane and other dangerous pollutants vented, leaked and flared from natural gas operations on public and tribal lands. The Bureau of Land . . .
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Trump administration's reversal of the Methane Waste Prevention Rule was "wholly inadequate" and vacated the action.
The rule reduced the waste of methane and other dangerous pollutants vented, leaked and flared from natural gas operations on public and tribal lands. The Bureau of Land . . .