High court eminent domain ruling may restart pipeline climate suit

The Supreme Court’s decision siding with the developer of a high-profile Mid-Atlantic natural gas pipeline in an eminent domain case could soon restart environmentalists’ separate challenge to the project based on its contribution to greenhouse gases and climate change. The high court’s 5-4 decision , issued June 29 in PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey , removed one hurdle to the planned project by holding that the private developer could secure state-owned land under eminent domain to build the 116-mile...