From the Sierra Club – Good news (for now) — the court denied the attempt by industry/Montana/Wyoming/North Dakota to enjoin the BLM methane rule:
Under the [Mineral Leasing Act], Congress has vested the Secretary with the authority to prescribe rules for the prevention of undue waste of mineral resources. Having done so, at this stage and applying the deference as required under Chevron, this Court cannot conclude the Rule enacted exceeds the Secretary’s authority or is arbitrary and capricious. Petitioners have not established their right to relief is clear and unequivocal. Petitioners have failed to establish all four factors required for issuance of a preliminary injunction, so their respective motions must be denied.
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