DC Circuit rejects FERC approval of Southeast pipelines project ...

Environmental group Sierra Club filed a lawsuit after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved the group of projects last year, ...

D.C. Circuit Vacates and Remands FERC Approval of Southeast ...

On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated and remanded an order by the Federal Energy Regulatory ...

In Major Climate Decision, D.C. Circuit Rejects Federal Approval of ...

FERC and the pipeline companies argued that even though the project's purpose is to transport fracked gas through Alabama and Georgia to Florida ...

Commissioner Richard Glick Dissent on Southeast Market Pipelines ...

In other words, the harms caused by climate change cannot factor into the Commission's approval of a proposed pipeline—a result that directly ...

Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

D.C. Circuit Denied Rehearing of Decision Vacating Gas Pipeline Approval for Failure to Adequately Consider Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The D.C. Circuit Court of ...

DC Circuit Panel Rejects Pipeline Project on Climate Concerns

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) did not properly analyze the ...

Sierra Club v. FERC, No. 16-1329 (D.C. Cir. 2017) - Justia Law

Sierra Club challenged the Commission's decision approving the construction and operation of three new interstate natural-gas pipelines in the southeastern ...

DC Circuit ruling could halt Sabal Trail pipeline construction

In August, the court rejected FERC's approval of the Southeast Market Pipelines Project, a three-pipeline project including Sabal Trail.

Court rules FERC pipeline approval failed to weigh emissions

Federal regulators did not adequately consider greenhouse gas emissions when approving a natural gas pipeline project in the Southeast, ...

Court rejects pipeline project on climate concerns - The Hill

... Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) did not properly analyze the…

FERC Takes a Step Forward on Environmental Impacts - NRDC

In 2017, in the landmark Sabal Trail case, the D.C. Circuit vacated FERC's approval of the Southeast Market Pipelines project because the ...

D.C. Circuit Rules Against FERC Approval of LNG and Pipeline ...

In 2023, FERC reapproved Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG, and the Rio Bravo pipeline, despite widespread concerns for the harm the projects would ...

Divided FERC rejects climate change significance in re-approving ...

The D.C. circuit court decision directed FERC to review the climate change impacts of the Southeast Market pipelines or offer a compelling ...

DC Circuit: FERC's EIS For Southeast Market Pipelines Project Is ...

FERC, rejected most of the arguments made against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) decision to approve the construction and operation of three ...

FERC Failed to Adequately Consider Environmental Impacts of ...

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D.C. Circuit Denies Rehearing after Vacating Pipeline Certificate

On February 2, 2018, the developers for the SMP Project filed a request at FERC for expedited reissued construction approval certificates, or in ...

D.C. Circuit Upholds Conditional Certificates for Natural Gas Pipelines

Riverkeeper rejected the Delaware Riverkeeper Network's (DRN) argument that FERC's conditional approval ... Southeast Project (Leidy Project) ...

After Broad Run, FERC's GHG Policy Is on Thin Ice - NRDC

In 2017, in the landmark Sabal Trail case, the DC Circuit rejected FERC's approval of the Southeast Market Pipelines project because FERC had failed to include ...

D.C. Circuit Grants FERC Extra Time to Reissue Approval of SE ...

The DC Circuit's order effectively avoids shutdown of the SMP Project while FERC finalizes its supplemental review of the project incorporating its revised ...

Food & Water Watch v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

D.C. Circuit Said FERC Review of Pipeline Project Should Have Quantified Downstream Emissions. ... The D.C. Circuit rejected other arguments made by the ...