Big Green Sues to Block Tiny 12-Mile Pipe in Kentucky

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In May 2021 MDN told you that Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) had won Kentucky state approval to build a new 12-inch, 12-mile pipeline near Louisville to supply gas to 62 homes and businesses that can’t connect to LG&E’s local natgas utility system (see Pass the Jim Beam! Judge Clears Way for Gas Pipe Near Louisville, KY). The local Bernheim Arboretum has resisted attempts to build across three-tenths of one percent (0.028%) of Arboretum land--along an existing cleared path where electric lines already go (see KY Utility Hints at Defunding Local Arboretum Blocking New Pipe). The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted a permit for the full 12-mile pipeline, including across Arboretum land, in September of last year (see Pass the Jim Beam! Army Corps Issues Pipeline Permit for KY Forest). As LG&E gets ready to built, the Arboretum, in collusion with two Big Green groups, is suing to block the pipeline.

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