A new proposed rule by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would weaken the ability of states to regulate their own waters. The rule, proposed by EPA on August 12, will have a 60-day comment period that begins when the rule is published in the Federal Register (which had not happened as of August 15).
Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Is It Still a Viable Project?
- – The News & Advance – 8/4/19
Federal judge rebukes FERC’s ‘Kafkaesque regime’
- – E&E News – 8/2/19
Senate Advances Bill That Would Gut Environmental Review of Oil Pipelines, Other Large Infrastructure Projects
- – Center for Biological Diversity – 7/24/19
FERC approves Kinder Morgan’s Gulf LNG project
- – Houston Chronicle – 7/17/19
SELC Comments to Forest Service on Appalachian Trail Issue
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) wrote the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on June 24 regarding the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ December 18 decision that the USFS lacked the authority to grant a right-of-way for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (ANST).
House Votes to Block Trump from Using Clean Energy Funds to Back Fossil Fuels Project
- – Inside Climate News – 6/19/19
Pipeline project developers press FERC for project decisions
- – S&P Global – 6/18/19
FERC Questioned at Congressional Hearing About Climate Analysis
The four sitting members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fielded a barrage of questions this week about how the agency incorporates climate change considerations in their decision making. At the June 12 hearing before Energy Subcommittee of the U.S.
Pipeline project milestones continue through 2019
- – The Recorder – 6/14/19