Oil Heavyweights Challenge Biden Methane Rule in Bid for Changes

  • American Petroleum Institute seeks appeals court review
  • Mandates aim to curb methane leaks from oil wells, tanks
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The oil industry’s top trade group filed a petition in federal court challenging Biden administration mandates cracking down on planet-warming methane emissions from wells, tanks and pipelines, even as it pushes the government to make administrative changes.

The American Petroleum Institute lodged its petition for review with a Washington-based federal appeals court on Tuesday, the day before a 60-day deadline for challenging Clean Air Act regulations.