FERC Faces Major Court Risk In Suit Over Broad GHG Reviews For Pipelines

March 29, 2019
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is considered vulnerable in litigation challenging its policy to avoid considering the upstream and downstream greenhouse gas impacts from most natural gas pipeline projects, with a significant number of groups on both sides joining the suit. The case, Otsego 2000 v. FERC, will be heard April 11 by Judges Merrick Garland, David Tatel and Robert Wilkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The case focuses on a...


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