Supreme Court leaves in place EPA rule aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming gas methane

Supreme Court upholds Biden environmental regulations

The Supreme Court upheld two environmental regulations on mercury and methane put in place by the Biden administration.

SCOTUS Leaves 2 Environmental Regulations in Place

The Supreme Court left in place Friday two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing industry emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury. The justices did not detail their reasoning in the orders, which came after a flurry of emergency applications to block the rules from industry groups and Republican-leaning...

Supreme Court Won’t Halt EPA’s Mercury and Methane Regulations

The Supreme Court declined on Oct. 4 to halt U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting industry emissions of mercury and methane. The rulings came in a bundle of orders in several pending emergency applications. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decisions. The nation’s highest court is allowing the regulations to remain in place while challenges against them proceed in the lower courts. The regulations we…

Supreme Court declines to block Biden limits on methane, toxic pollution

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block Biden administration limits on planet-warming methane from oil and gas production and toxic pollution from coal plants.  The high court denied requests from red states and the industry to temporarily halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. It did not explain its reasons for doing so, and no dissents were noted.  The decision leaves two key rules in effect while cases against them …

US Supreme Court Declines to Pause EPA Mercury, Methane Rules

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US Supreme Court declines to pause EPA mercury, methane rules

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to put on hold new federal air pollution rules from President Joe Biden's administration to tighten limits on mercury and methane, acting in challenges brought by a group of states - most of them Republican-led - and industry groups.