Posted on 08/01/2024 5:33:54 PM PDT by CFW
A natural gas expansion project spanning portions of New Jersey, Delaware and New York was dealt a legal setback after a federal appeals court vacated the approval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The U.S. Court of Appeals overturned federal approval of the $1 billion expansion of the Transco natural gas pipeline, which would run through sections of New Jersey and Pennsylvania with extensions stretching into southern New York.
The panel ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission overlooked studies that the market for expanded natural gas in New Jersey was low when it granted approval last year to the based company's project to expand its pipeline.
"The record estimates enormous GHG emissions from the project for the next half century," Judge J. Michelle Childs wrote for the panel in a 33-page ruling. "FERC disclosed the estimated emissions and its Social Cost of Carbon analysis. But it then walked away from the relevant issues with a fatalistic shrug."
The move was praised by green groups, which filed the challenge and argued the project was unnecessary and would sharply increase fossil fuel emissions and worsen the impacts of climate change.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Can we just cut blue states off from any gas (including that needed to provide electricity) and just let them freeze to death?
As with other issues, they want red states to produce what they need to survive since producing it themselves would affect climate change.
These people are certifiable. Literally insane Kimutt Chainz cultists.
This is a perfect example why we haven’t been able to build anything new in this country.
Don’t some of the people in those areas have to rely on propane or oil for heating? I have family on the southern tier of NY and their oil heating bills are astronomical. What a boon it would be to have natural gas in the area. I would bet the people making the complaints and getting them to court are able to rely on natural gas.....
Overturning Chevron works against us here.
“Can we just cut blue states off from any gas (including that needed to provide electricity) and just let them freeze to death?”
The state of Hawaii is suing oil companies because of “climate change”. The oil companies should now in unison cut off the supply of hydrocarbon fuels to Hawaii.
If it were my business, I’d get a whole bunch of insurance and then rename it the “Nordstream pipeline”.
Guess who would not be getting any gas. Besides the judge.....
Didn’t the Chevron decision make this all moot as the law was never written to require GHG emissions to be evaluated by the FERC?
Not exactly.
This will likely be appealed, and eventually corrected.
Congress now goes back to being responsible for correcting these activist judges by spelling out clearly what is and is not legal.
And, as intended, we (supposedly) choose the people in the Legislative branch to correctly write those laws.
I keep saying that before everything is over....the EU will be begging Russia to open Nordstream.
US natural gas reserves, 12.7 trillion cubic meters.
US natural gas “production” (extraction), about 1 trillion cubic meters/yr
Will more be found? Yes, but that estimate is good quality and includes shale.
One hopes/presumes the pipelines in question will go from an LNG importing facility.
With the amount of new construction that makes no sense. We run gas to every new condo/luxury apartment development being built. So much for their “electric only” fantasy.
It’s bad enough we’re going to run out of oil by the year 2000.
Perfect. Just in time for the great blackout seasons to come as NY goes green— and then dark.
With the amount of new construction that makes no sense. We run gas to every new condo/luxury apartment development being built. So much for their “electric only” fantasy.>>> Some areas are not allowing natural gas to be installed in new construction. NYC i think and maybe north jersey.
NY has a whole plan to cut itself off from natural gas. Wait and see.
Let the greater NE area FREEZE.
Trump needs to focus on the green new scam bigly.
1 Aug: MSN: Macron’s latest ‘gift’ to Putin: France boosts Russian Gas Purchases
by Kathrine Frich
Despite a vocal stance against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, European countries, including France, are still reliant on Russian energy to meet their needs.
In the first half of 2024, France doubled its LNG imports from Russia, reaching 3.2 million tons, accounting for 40% of Europe’s total Russian gas imports, according to El Economista.
This situation highlights a broader European trend: despite efforts to reduce dependency on Russian energy, the continent’s LNG imports from Russia have remained steady at around 1.5 million tons per month...
France’s increased purchases, while legally compliant with existing EU regulations, come amid a backdrop of potential new sanctions targeting Russian LNG.
The French government appears to be prioritizing energy security...
https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/economy/macron-s-latest-gift-to-putin-france-boosts-russian-gas-purchases/ar-BB1qVYTs
1 Aug: The Australian (behind paywall): Almost 30pc of Aussie companies have ‘no intention’ of meeting climate targets, new study reveals
The firms with ‘no intention’ of meeting climate targets
After Air New Zealand axed its ambitious 2030 carbon busting targets a new study of Australian companies reveals almost a third won’t meet Paris Agreement climate goals, while more than 40pc have yet to begin decarbonising their operations.
“We run gas to every new condo/luxury apartment development being built. So much for their “electric only” fantasy.”
Not in NYC. It’s now illegal to have natural gas in any new construction.
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