Industry Moves To Expand Landmark Ruling Barring CEQ’s NEPA Rules

Industry and conservative groups are moving quickly to expand the landmark ruling by a split panel of the D.C. Circuit that found the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) lacks statutory authority to issue binding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules, though the decision faces almost certain appeal. Industry intervenors in litigation challenging a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project are already citing the Nov. 12 ruling in Marin Audubon Society v....