Dems, greens press Trump administration on methane rewrites
Source: The Hill
BY DEVIN HENRY - 06/20/17 05:26 PM EDT
Environmentalists and Democrats levied new criticisms Tuesday against the Trump administration’s approach to methane regulations.
A group of 15 state attorneys general joined a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency that alleges the EPA does not have the right to delay an Obama-era methane pollution rule while reviewing it.
The EPA is seeking to delay its methane rule for up to two years while it reviews, and likely repeals, the regulation Obama officials finalized last year.
The decision has kicked up a legal fight between the agency and environmentalists. In a court filing last week, the EPA said federal policies give it the right to halt implementation of a rule while reconsidering it, something the agency is seeking to do with a limit on methane leaks at oil and gas sites.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/338659-dems-greens-press-trump-administration-on-methane-rewrites
= new reply since forum marked as read
...both are evil.
