Pipeline Faces Climate, Justice Battles After High Court Ruling

Lawyers trying to put the brakes on the Atlantic Coast pipeline are refocusing their efforts on environmental justice, climate, and other issues after the U.S. Supreme Court blessed a key permit for the natural gas project.

The justices on June 15 approved the $8 billion pipeline’s route beneath the iconic Appalachian Trail, an important victory for backers Dominion Energy Inc. and Duke Energy Corp.

But the conclusion of the case restarts long-idled litigation over greenhouse gas emissions and highlights how the pipeline affects the land and people it’s planned to pass en route from West Virginia to Virginia and North ...