Food & Water Watch v. FERC

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Case Number:

22-1315

Court:

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit:

Petition for Review 

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  1. August 23, 2024

    The Biggest Energy Decisions In The First Half Of 2024

    From a D.C. Circuit decision upholding California's ability to set its own greenhouse gas standards for vehicles to the U.S. Supreme Court's freeze of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to reduce cross-state pollution, consequential decisions in the energy space ripped through the courts in the first half of 2024.

  2. June 14, 2024

    DC Circ. Backs FERC Climate Reviews In Pipeline Project Row

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday appeared to endorse the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's current method of evaluating the climate change impacts of gas infrastructure projects in approval in rejecting an environmental group's challenge of the agency's pipeline upgrade project serving the New York City area.

  3. May 16, 2023

    FERC Says It Properly Approved NYC Gas Project

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission defended its approval of a Kinder Morgan Inc. unit's project to boost natural gas supplies to New York City's main utility, telling the D.C. Circuit that it sufficiently reviewed the project's environmental impacts and correctly weighed the project's necessity.