New York state lost a jurisdiction dispute with the FERC, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declined to review whether the federal energy regulator had big - footed the state when it gave the green light to
a controversial natural gas pipeline project in Orange County.
Not exact matches
Citing the state's water quality standards, the state DEC has denied the necessary permits for a company to construct a
controversial, 97 - mile,
natural gas pipeline in Western New York.
The
controversial 122 - mile
pipeline would bring
natural gas produced by hydrofracking in Northern Pennsylvania to a terminal in the Schoharie County Town of Wright, where it would then be sent on to other existing lines in the area.
This past month was anything but short on developments of interest to environmentalists, with a deal being inked to build the Nabucco
natural -
gas pipeline, European funders pulling out of the
controversial IlÄ ± su Dam project, and the final stage of Turkey's ban on indoor smoking going into effect.