Denver, CO â
Environmental groups filed an appeal today challenging a decision by a Wyoming federal district court to vacate the Bureau of Land Managementâs Waste Prevention Rule. Enacted by the Obama administration in 2016, the Waste Prevention Rule compelled oil and gas companies to implement measures that would reduce flaring, venting, and leaking of methane. The Trump administration has repeatedly tried to repeal these protections to line the pockets of oil and gas executives.Â
âMillions of Americans and diverse stakeholders weighed in when this commonsense standard was developed to protect our public lands and clean air, and the only people who wanted to see it weakened were fossil fuel industry executives and their cronies in the Trump administration,â said