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Pipeline Decisions Do Not Spell Doom for Transmission

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However, because these stumbling blocks arose out of water quality issues that are specific to fossil fuel pipelines, they are unlikely to affect electricity transmission. The ruling raised a number of questions, including about the fate of power lines.

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ESA Policy News: August 30, 2021

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Clean Water Act: A memo from the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers provides guidance about how the Biden administrations will implement a 2020 Trump administration Clean Water Act rule limiting states’ ability to block infrastructure projects over water quality concerns. Justice Dept. Justice Dept.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of Montana largely rejected challenges to federal approvals of revisions to the Flathead National Forest Land Management Plan in northwestern Montana but remanded without vacatur for additional analysis of certain issues under the Endangered Species Act. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No.

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