Texas Challenges US EPA Over New Rule on Methane Emissions
- EPA rule combats toxic gas emissions from oil, gas industry
- Texas accuses federal regulators of ‘blatant overreach’
A crack down on methane in the US comes as governments around the world intensify restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Texas, the nation’s biggest energy producing state, filed a complaint asking a court to block a new rule by the US Environmental Protection Agency that targets reductions in methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.
State Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the complaint Friday in a Washington federal court, accusing federal regulators of “blatant overreach” in rulemaking and of usurping Texas authority to set its own emission standards.