For first time, FERC weighs pipeline contribution to climate change

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for the first time, has weighed a pipeline project’s contribution to climate change.

The commission, an independent panel that reviews interstate pipelines and natural gas export terminals, has fought over recent years along partisan lines about how it should consider the emissions caused by these projects and how they contribute to climate change.

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