Trump Administration Limits States’ Power To Stop Oil And Gas Pipelines

June 1, 2020btollesonRSS Sample

After years of protests against the Constitution Pipeline, New York recently denied a key water quality permit for the project. A new EPA rule would make it harder for states to do that.

In recent years, climate activists and states have used the Clean Water Act to block pipelines and other fossil fuel projects. A new EPA rule makes that harder,

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