(February 8, 2017, 1:44 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Feb. 3 issued an order granting the abandonment and the issuance of certificates related to a natural gas pipeline in parts of Pennsylvania and New York while at the same time the agency’s commissioner made a point to say that the development of natural gas pipeline infrastructure related to the hydraulic fracturing of shale formations “has become increasingly controversial.”...