Western Environmental Law Center: Federal Court Rejects Trump Administration Cancellation of Methane Pollution Rule
July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020
EUGENE, Oregon, July 17 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on July 16:
A federal judge late yesterday reinstated the Bureau of Land Management's 2016 methane waste rule, aimed at protecting people and the climate from methane waste and pollution from oil and gas extraction on public lands. The ruling is the third defeat for the Trump administration's efforts to suspend, delay or repeal the rule.
The rule requires oil and gas compan . . .
A federal judge late yesterday reinstated the Bureau of Land Management's 2016 methane waste rule, aimed at protecting people and the climate from methane waste and pollution from oil and gas extraction on public lands. The ruling is the third defeat for the Trump administration's efforts to suspend, delay or repeal the rule.
The rule requires oil and gas compan . . .