20 States, Including PA & WV, Move to Defend NWP 12 from Big Green

In August, MDN told you about two federal lawsuits, filed six days apart by Big Green groups, aimed at killing Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12). That's the Army Corps of Engineers permit that lets pipelines cross streams and wetlands without a separate federal review at every single crossing (see 2 Lawsuits in 6 Days: Big Green Targets the Permit Behind Every Pipe). Now the other side is lining up. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading 20 state attorneys general, Pennsylvania and West Virginia among them, in asking to join both lawsuits as defendants. They would stand alongside the Corps and the pipeline industry, which already won a seat at the table.

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