DC Circuit Allows EPA Attack on O&G Via Methane Reg to Commence

EPA Administrator Michael Regan used a considerable amount of fossil energy and emitted tons of carbon dioxide to jet over to Dubai last December to participate in the COP28 confab, where he released a final rule that was “two years in the making” to force the U.S. oil and gas industry to cut methane emissions by using budget-busting new technologies and onerous (frequent) inspections (see Bidenistas Unleash Hellscape of U.S. Methane Regs at COP28). A group of 26 states asked the swamp-dwelling judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) to temporarily block the EPA rule while a lawsuit by the states (and others) plays out. Unsurprisingly, the swamp-dwelling judges turned the states down, allowing the EPA's onerous new reg to commence. 7/12/24 UPDATE: We've added a statement from the IPAA below, one of the named litigants in the case.

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