The US Bureau of Land Management’s rationale behind canceling the bulk of Obama administration-era regulations of methane from oil and natural gas sources on public lands was “wholly inadequate,” a federal judge has ruled. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “In its haste, BLM ignored its statutory mandate under the Mineral Leasing Act, repeatedly failed to justify numerous reversals in policy positions previously taken, and failed to consider scientific findings and institutions relied upon by both prior Republican and Democratic administrations,” said Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, according to a July 15 court order. In 2016, under President Barack Obama, the BLM finalized the Methane and Waste Prevention Rule to […]