Oil, Gas Pipeline Projects Won’t Speed Up Despite EPA Rule

摘要

A new EPA water rule to curtail state vetoes is aimed at speeding up new oil and gas interstate pipeline projects-but energy analysts and lawyers say that may not happen.Pandemic Blamed: The EPA rule narrows the scope of state reviews of pipeline crossings to focus on direct waterquality impacts, and not on indirect impacts such as a warming climate. The sharp decline in oil and gas linked tothe coronavirus pandemic will slow such projects, analysts and lawyers say.