Dominion Gas Pipeline Case Has Broad Implications for Federal GHG Reviews

摘要

For years,gas infrastructure projects have received a green light from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC)with limited environmental stipulations.Yet this strategy is now under the microscope due to a legal dispute that threatens wide-ranging implications for energy projects decided by a host of federal agencies.The case in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals could determine whether FERC must consider greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions in its decision-making and environmental reviews-including downstream emissions when the hydrocarbons are eventually burned(NGWMar.4'19).