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The Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a federal lawsuit Monday in Washington challenging the decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow construction of the Nexus natural gas pipeline. Appalmad also notified Ferc of its intention to seek emergency relief preventing the pipeline's construction while the federal agency reviews the group's earlier request for a rehearing on the line. The greens are asking Ferc to rehear testimony as to whether or not the line is necessary. Ferc granted that status to Nexus on Aug. 25, but Appalmad and the Sierra Club said the pipeline is "duplicative of other existing and proposed energy sources, meaning there is little need for it, and it will have higher transport costs than those alternative sources." Developed by Nexus Gas Transmission, the $2.1 billion project calls for 255 miles of 36-inch pipeline that will bring up to 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Marcellus and Utica plans to markets in Ohio and Michigan. Nexus Gas Transmission is a partnership between DTE Energy and Spectra Energy.