Long Island Pipeline Backers Seize On Energy Bill In Water Quality Fight

Proponents of a major natural gas pipeline that would cut across New York's Long Island Sound are poised to seize on language in the recently passed energy bill to challenge in federal court Connecticut's rejection of a water quality permit for the project, a case that could be the first legal dispute over the legislation's provisions for expediting energy projects. At issue is a joint venture between Duke Energy and Key Span Energy to build the so-called Islander East pipeline...