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Excerpt from www.jurist.org
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled on Friday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adequately evaluated emission impacts when it approved a gas pipeline expansion in Pennsylvania and New York, allowing the project to move forward.
The environmental group Food & Water Watch argued that the FERC did not properly assess the pipeline’s impact on ozone pollution. The court disagreed on the grounds that while FERC admitted that burning natural gas can release chemicals that form ozone, predicting exact ozone levels is tough due to various factors like weather and existing pollution. The court found this explanation reasonable, noting that complex modeling would still leave many uncertainties.
