New Jersey Conservation Foundation, et al v. FERC

  1. November 04, 2024

    FERC, NJ Conservation Orgs Battle Over Pipeline Rehearing

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is clashing with a host of conservation groups and the New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel over whether the D.C. Circuit should reconsider a panel decision that vacated the agency's approval for a natural gas pipeline expansion on the East Coast.

  2. July 30, 2024

    DC Circ. Tosses FERC's OK Of Northeast Pipeline Expansion

    The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday threw out the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of a Northeast pipeline expansion, ruling that the agency overlooked the project's "enormous" greenhouse gas emissions and failed to properly consider the lack of market need for the added natural gas capacity.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.