States Seek To Intervene To Override EPA Stay Of Methane Emissions Rule

Mealey's (June 21, 2017, 12:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The attorneys general for 14 states and the attorney for the city of Chicago on June 20 moved in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to intervene in a lawsuit brought by environmental advocacy groups against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in connection with the EPA’s announcement that it is reconsidering rules on the fugitive emissions of methane (Clean Air Council, et al. v. Scott Pruitt, et al., No. 17-1145. D.C. Cir.)....