Supreme Court declines to block Biden rules on planet-warming methane and toxic mercury emissions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday left in place Biden administration regulations aimed at curbing oil and gas facility emissions of methane, a major contributor to climate change. In a separate action, the court also rejected a bid to block a regulation aimed at curbing emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. In both cases, the court rejected emergency applications without comment, with no noted dissents. Litigation against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will continue in lower courts. A separate emergency application seeking to block Biden regulations concerning carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants remains pending. "The Supreme Court has sensibly rejected two efforts by industry to halt critical safeguards," said David Doniger, a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. "The court should do the same with the effort to block EPA’s power plant carbon pollution standards.” EPA spokesman Remmington Belford welcomed…
4 Oct 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday