The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission defeated an environmental challenge to its approval for a natural gas pipeline in Tennessee on Tuesday at the DC Circuit.
FERC’s approval is “consistent” with the National Environmental Policy Act and the Natural Gas Act, a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said.
The Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices in September 2024 challenged the commission’s approvals for a 32-mile gas pipeline running through Tennessee.
The commission in January 2024 gave Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.—a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Inc.—approval to construct and operate the pipeline ...
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