The 2015 listing of the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has been rejected by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The January 28 decision by the Court,
State AGs File Briefs Backing 4th Circuit on Forest Service Permit Case
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline “threatens Virginia’s resources without clear corresponding benefits,” so stated a brief filed January 22 with the U.S. Supreme Court by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. The amicus brief was filed as part of the appeal brought by Atlantic Coast Pipeline,
ABRA Members File Brief with DC Circuit on FERC Tolling Order Policy
Several ABRA members were among organizations jointly filing an amicus brief last week in a case before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to forestall judicial review of its orders,
‘Environmental Justice Is Not Merely a Box to Be Checked’
- – The New York Times – 1/23/20
In Virginia, anti-pipeline activists feel ‘justice was served’ with court ruling
- – Energy News Network – 1/15/20
‘Raging granny’ faces music for pipeline protest: ‘Happy that I did it’
- – Virginia Mercury – 1/14/20
Time to Overturn Precedent on FERC Orders, Landowners Tell Court
- – Bloomberg Law – 1/13/20
ACP Compressor Station Air Permit Vacated by 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Buckingham compressor station air permit that was granted in January 2019 by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. The 47-page opinion was released on January 7.
4th Circuit nixes key permit for Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline, citing environmental justice concerns
2020: A Year of Pipeline Court Fights, with One Lawsuit Headed to the Supreme Court
- – Inside Climate News – 1/3/20