On September 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) issued Sierra Club v. FERC, [1] which upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) authorization of a ...

The court declined to toss out authorization for the project in light of a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year.

WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel seemed wary of an environmental challenge to a twin liquefied natural gas pipeline project near Louisiana’s Gulf Coast during oral arguments on Tuesday. The suit ...

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On July 16, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) found that FERC failed to adequately consider a liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) project’s ...

A majority on the court indicated the decision would not be treated as precedent for future cases. A federal appeals court has declined to reconsider its decision striking down the White House’s power ...

On November 17, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied petitions challenging FERC’s approval of recent changes to the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s ...

During oral arguments, Judge Neomi Rao questioned whether the nonprofits have been injured by the terminations and thus have ...