New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al v. FERC
Case Number:
23-1064
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Companies
- American Gas Association
- American Petroleum Institute Inc.
- Exelon Corp.
- Institute for Policy Integrity
- Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
- New Jersey League of Conservation Voters
Government Agencies
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March 15, 2024
DC Circ. Presses FERC On Justification For Pipeline Expansion
A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday questioned whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had demonstrated that a Northeast pipeline expansion project was necessary to ensure that the region would have enough natural gas during extremely cold weather.
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January 01, 2024
DC Circuit Cases To Watch In 2024
As the D.C. Circuit heads into 2024, its judges are poised to answer hotly anticipated political questions about former President Donald Trump and his allies, as well as a number of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cases that could determine the future of certain natural gas projects.
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November 15, 2023
FERC Rammed Through Unneeded Gas Project, DC Circ. Told
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission put its thumb on the scale in approving a Northeast pipeline expansion project despite clear evidence that the project wasn't needed, project challengers told the D.C. Circuit.
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October 24, 2023
Transco Defends FERC's Approval Of Pipeline Expansion
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC fired back Tuesday at conservation groups' challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of its gas pipeline expansion project, telling the D.C. Circuit that the agency properly evaluated and balanced the project's potential climate change impacts and market need.
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August 10, 2023
States Say OK Of Pa.-NJ Pipeline Work Undermines State Law
New York, New Jersey and six other states threw their support behind conservation groups in urging the District of Columbia Circuit to unravel a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision allowing for a gas pipeline expansion project to go ahead in the Northeast, saying it threatens their interest in protecting the environment.
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March 29, 2023
FERC Says Block Of Pa.-NJ Pipeline Work Is Unjustified
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said a bid to block construction of a gas pipeline expansion project in Pennsylvania and New Jersey simply amounts to a disagreement over evidence the agency used to approve the project, but opponents insisted Wednesday that their emergency stay request is warranted.
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March 22, 2023
Enviros Press DC Circ. To Block NJ Pipeline Project Work
Conservation groups and a landowner on Tuesday urged the D.C. Circuit to block construction of a gas pipeline expansion project in Pennsylvania and New Jersey while they challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the project, arguing that work is already causing irreversible damage.