The Biden administration’s guidance asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to weigh greenhouse gas emissions caused by natural gas pipeline projects has prompted a stalemate at the independent agency that energy experts warn threatens to delay infrastructure decisions.
Regulators have debated for years how to analyze and weigh the significance of gas pipeline emissions. Environmental groups and front-line communities argue the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Natural Gas Act (NGA) require FERC to consider upstream emissions caused by producing the gas feeding the pipeline and downstream emissions from burning the gas delivered by the ...
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