Wyoming v. United States Department of the Interior
A district court upheld in part and remanded in part DOI's decision to refrain from holding lease sales of federal land for oil and gas development during the second and third quarters of 2021 and the third and fourth quarters of 2022. Oil and gas industry groups challenged the lack of lease sales f...
Stingray Pipeline Co. L.L.C. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit denied a pipeline operator's petition to review a FERC order authorizing abandonment, subject to a condition, of a natural gas pipeline it operated off the Louisiana and Texas coasts. The operator had applied for an abandonment order after a segment of the pipeline was damaged by a ...
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit denied an advocacy group's petition to review FERC's approval of a natural gas pipeline in Indiana. The group argued FERC was required to analyze non-gas alternatives before approving the pipeline, which would serve two new natural gas turbines as part of a plan to retire a coal-fir...