Mealey's (November 6, 2020, 9:35 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) on Oct. 23 filed a brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)’s defense for why a pipeline to carry hydraulically fractured oil and gas across Missouri fails because there is no evidence of public need (Environmental Defense Fund v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, No. 20-1016, D.C. Cir.)....