(March 26, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a divided March 24 ruling denied a petition for rehearing by environmental groups that seek to halt construction of a pipeline that would carry hydraulically fractured gas across two states. The majority of commissioners held that resuming construction was “environmentally preferable” when compared to maintaining temporary erosion control measures....