EPA's plan to limit methane pollution draws lawsuits

At least fifteen states, including Texas and Oklahoma, have filed lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to try and block the agency’s rule on methane emissions in the oil patch. The lawsuits ask the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the EPA’s rule regulating methane emissions from new, reconstructed and modified oil and gas wells that use fracking, saying the agency is exceeding its statutory authority. Read more at Agri-Pulse…