(February 3, 2021, 9:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 1 asked the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to place in abeyance cases challenging the rescission of the 2016 Methane Waste Prevention Rule pending the agency’s implementation of President Joe Biden’s order to conduct “close scrutiny” of the order, issued by former President Donald Trump, rescinding the original methane rule....