Lori Birckhead, et al v. FERC
Case Number:
18-1218
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Nature of Suit:
Government Agencies
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December 20, 2019
Biggest Energy Decisions Of 2019
Exxon Mobil Corp.'s victory in a landmark climate change trial headlined a year's worth of energy rulings that also included decisions limiting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority in utility bankruptcies and pipeline land seizures.
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July 22, 2019
Enviros Say DC Circ. Let FERC Ignore Climate For Gas Project
Environmentalists on Friday asked the D.C. Circuit to reconsider a panel's ruling that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act when it refused to consider the indirect greenhouse gas emission impacts of a Kinder Morgan unit's project.
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July 09, 2019
Biggest Energy Decisions So Far In 2019: Midyear Report
Federal and state officials faced skeptical courts over the scope of their authority in the biggest energy-related court decisions in the first half of 2019, from FERC being elbowed out of utility bankruptcy cases and warned to step up its climate change reviews to President Donald Trump's efforts to open up more areas to offshore drilling running aground. Here are some notable energy-related decisions from the first half of 2019.
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June 04, 2019
DC Circ. Puts FERC On Notice To Bulk Up Climate Reviews
The D.C. Circuit said on Tuesday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should do more to evaluate the climate change impacts of pipeline projects, even though it couldn't determine whether the agency flouted federal environmental law in limiting its climate review of a Kinder Morgan unit's project in Tennessee.
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April 11, 2019
DC Circ. Questions Feds' Tenn. Pipeline Review
A D.C. Circuit panel pressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during oral arguments Thursday to explain why the agency refused to study potential spikes in greenhouse gas emissions before approving the expansion of a Tennessee natural gas pipeline.
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January 28, 2019
FERC Says $400M Pipeline Project Review Was By The Book
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has told the D.C. Circuit that it fulfilled its National Environmental Policy Act obligations in approving a Kinder Morgan unit's $400 million pipeline project in Tennessee, including its refusal to analyze upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions stemming from the project.