Court Blocks Scott Pruitt’s Attempt to Delay Key Safeguards Limiting Methane Pollution from the Oil and Gas Sector

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Sierra Club

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted Sierra Club and its allies’ motion to vacate EPA’s stay of a rule that limits methane pollution from new oil and gas operations, in an attempt to delay its implementation. The Court agreed with our coalition, ruling that the agency did not have legal authority to issue such a stay.