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EDF targets pipeline approval based on lack of ‘need’

The environmental group’s case focuses on claims that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission improperly determined there was a “need” for a St. Louis-area natural gas pipeline.

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California Officials Say Requiring Electric Appliances In Buildings Inevitable

A top California energy official and the former climate adviser for Gov. Jerry Brown (D) say it is likely inevitable that the state mandates electric appliances in new homes and commercial buildings -- and bars natural gas models -- to help achieve aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

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EPA’s utility GHG defense draws lone amicus filer

The National Association of Home Builders is backing EPA’s decision to repeal the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, though it takes no position on the replacement Affordable Clean Energy rule.

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Energy Sector Cites Legal Flaws In Bid For High Court Stay Of NWP 12 Ruling

The energy sector is backing the Justice Department’s (DOJ) call for the Supreme Court to stay a district court’s vacatur of a federal Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for constructing new oil and gas pipelines, citing numerous alleged legal flaws with the lower court’s ruling and claiming widespread harms from the resulting halt in permitting.

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Court sets schedule in suit over EPA existing source methane rule

The development in the lawsuit comes even though Trump officials in the coming weeks appear poised to complete a regulation that would undercut the legal basis for such oil and gas rules.

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Republican States Back DOJ’s Call For High Court Stay Of NWP 12 Vacatur

A group of Republican-led states is supporting the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request for the Supreme Court to stay a landmark ruling that vacated the federal permit for constructing new oil and gas pipelines, arguing the permit threatens the nation’s power supply because vital energy infrastructure projects will cost more and take more time to build.

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EPA Offers First Detailed Legal Defense Of CPP Repeal, ACE Replacement

EPA for the first time is detailing to a court its legal arguments for repealing the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) utility greenhouse gas rule and replacing it with the much narrower Affordable Clean Energy (ACE), charging that the CPP was unlawfully broad while ACE is the only way to “lawfully regulate” power plant climate emissions.

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DOJ Seeks Supreme Court Stay Of CWA Pipeline General Permit Vacatur

The Justice Department (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court to stay a landmark district court ruling that vacated the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for constructing new oil and gas pipelines, arguing in part that the lower court erred in issuing a nationwide injunction and noting several justices’ recent concerns about universal injunctions.

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Gas Infrastructure Faces Legal Battles Despite High Court Pipeline Ruling

In a win for the natural gas industry, the Supreme Court is rejecting a key challenge to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), though the pipeline and other large gas infrastructure projects are still facing growing legal and permitting hurdles before they can be built and put into operation.

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FERC Seeks To Save ‘Tolling Order’ Authority With Landowner Final Rule

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is seeking to save its “tolling order” power to indefinitely delay a 30-day statutory deadline to review administrative petitions for rehearing of its natural gas approvals, issuing a direct final rule banning developers from starting construction until FERC acts on rehearing requests.

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