Federal Approval Pipeline To Carry Fracked Gas Was ‘Arbitrary,’ Groups Say

Mealey's (December 20, 2018, 2:05 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The city of Oberlin, Ohio, on Dec. 17 filed a brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decision, which granted a permit for a pipeline to carry hydraulically fractured gas through Ohio and Michigan, was “arbitrary, capricious and unsupported by substantial evidence” (City of Oberlin, Ohio, et al. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, No. 18-1248, D.C. Cir.)....