Austin v. Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, LLC

ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20072
No(s). 1:20-CV-138-RP (W.D. Tex. Mar 19, 2020) (Pitman, J.)

A district court denied local government entities' and landowners' request to temporarily halt construction of a 430-mile natural gas pipeline in Texas. Plaintiffs argued that allowing construction without an incidental take permit under §10 of the ESA would result in an unlawful take of endangered...