- – E&E Energywire – 11/18/21
Two legal challenges to MVP heard before Fourth Circuit
A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on October 29 on two separate cases brought by ABRA members challenging permits issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
The first case, Wild Virginia v.
Court hears arguments in latest legal attack on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – The Roanoke Times – 10/29/21
Court sends Jordan Cove LNG project back to FERC
- – E&E Energywire – 11/2/21
D.C. Circuit Court Declines to Revisit Decision Striking Down FERC’s Approval of the Spire Pipeline
- – Environmental Defense Fund – 9/7/21
Complaint filed to obtain records Forest Service is withholding
A complaint was filed August 3 with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain information from the U.S. Forest Service that it has withheld for over a year about the proposed Gauley Healthy Forest Restoration Project (GHFR) within the Monongahela National Forest (MNF),
Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers
- – The New York Times – 8/18/21/em
Pipeline seeks emergency FERC approval after courtroom blow
- – E&E Energywire – 7/27/21
How Va. pipeline ruling may reshape environmental justice
- – E&E Energywire – 7/20/21
DC Circuit slams FERC criteria for approving pipelines
The long-standing practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) justifying the need for a new pipeline by over relying on a pipeline’s plans to sell gas to an associated company (e.g., precedent agreements) to establish market need was called into serious question by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision released June 22.