October2015
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FERC, Programmatic Analysis and the Shale Gas Boom Going Bust
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the successor-agency to one of the National Environmental Policy Act’s (NEPA) principal catalysts, the now-defunct Federal Power Commission (FPC). The FPC was renowned for its ham-handed exclusion of environmentalists...October 29, 2015 515 0 -
Energía Sierra Juárez: Cultural, Climate and Wildlife Crossroads
Most greens applaud California’s ambitious renewable energy mandates. The state’s ultimatum to electricity providers: source at least half of your power from renewables—with some slack in what comprise “renewables”—by 2030 or else. What they are slowly...October 22, 2015 804 0 -
The Claims Against USFS’s Pipeline CATX Rejected by District Court
The Sierra Club’s lawsuit challenging the Forest Service’s grant of a special use permit to the “Line 5” pipeline traversing Michigan (and parts of the Huron-Manistee National Forest) was dismissed by the district court on September...October 14, 2015 343 0 -
By a “Hairsbreadth” or a Hectare?
The Flanagan South Pipeline (FSP) was in the news for a while. Proposed in 2011 and built in under two years, the first oil flowed through it in December 2014. Enbridge, the owner of the pipeline,...October 7, 2015 473 0
