Coverage dated October 3, 2024

Supreme Court clears way for Biden administration limits on methane and mercury pollution

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The Supreme Court refused to block new Biden rules requiring fossil-fuel-fired power plants to slash emissions of toxic substances and oil and gas firms to curb methane from drilling operations.

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  1. Anchorage Daily News

    Supreme Court clears way for Biden administration limits on methane and mercury pollution (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The Supreme Court refused to block new Biden rules requiring fossil-fuel-fired power plants to slash emissions of toxic substances and oil and gas firms to curb methane from drilling operations.

  2. NBC News

    Supreme Court declines to block Biden rules on planet-warming methane and toxic mercury emissions (opens NBC News)

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    The Supreme Court left in place Biden administration regulations aimed at curbing oil and gas facility emissions of methane, a major contributor to climate change.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Supreme Court allows enforcement of Biden methane and mercury rules in rare win for the EPA (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By John Fritze and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday let stand Biden administration rules that would cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane as well as mercury in a rare win for an environmental regulation pending before the conservative high court.

  4. The Republic

    Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden administration environmental regulations (opens The Republic)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — 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…

  5. WFMZ Allentown

    Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The Supreme Court has left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury. The justices did not detail their reasoning in

  6. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Supreme Court leaves in place EPA rule aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming gas methane (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place an environmental regulation aimed at reducing the oil and gas industry’s emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane. It’s a key contributor to climate change.

  7. UPI

    Supreme Court won't issue stay against Biden administration's methane rule (opens UPI)

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    The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue a temporary halt to the implementation of new Biden administration rules limiting the release of methane from oil and gas production sites.

  8. Newsweek

    Supreme Court upholds Biden environmental regulations (opens Newsweek)

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

  9. SCOTUSblog

    Supreme Court declines to block EPA methane, mercury rules (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    The Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request from Republican-led states and industry groups to block a rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that imposes more stringent standards on emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. At the same time, the justices turned

  10. NPR

    Supreme Court refuses, for now, to block new EPA rules to fight climate change (opens NPR)

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    The justices, in a break from the way they have handled most such cases in the recent past, told the challengers to first litigate their claims in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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