Amid Mixed Court Rulings, Experts Say FERC Needs New GHG Approach

A recent appellate court opinion upholding federal energy regulators’ justification for not determining the “significance” of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project’s greenhouse gas emissions might not apply in future challenges to gas projects, according to some experts, and thus could require a new approach from officials. The latest in a complex string of decisions on the topic from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit comes in an Aug. 6 opinion upholding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s...