Riverkeeper Loses Again: No Do-Over on Transco REAE Permits

The Delaware Riverkeeper's war against permits for a pipeline that's already built and flowing gas has hit another brick wall. On Nov. 10, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit refused to rehear a case the Riverkeeper lost in October over Pennsylvania permits for Williams' Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion (REAE) project. That's three straight losses for Big Green in this fight, and the October ruling the court left standing is "precedential," meaning it binds future cases. It's a big win for pipeline builders, and it may be an even bigger one for anyone tired of radicals waving Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment around.

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