Supreme Court Won’t Halt EPA’s Mercury and Methane Regulations

States and industry groups say the two pollutants are already tightly regulated and that the EPA’s regulations will hurt their businesses.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on Jan. 4, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Supreme Court declined on Oct. 4 to halt Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations limiting industry emissions of mercury and methane.

The rulings came in a bundle of orders in several pending emergency applications. No justices dissented. The court did not explain its decisions.