A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia Circuit has appeared reluctant to require additional review of the climate effects of a gas project in Indiana and Kentucky. This comes in a case seeking to clarify how federal energy regulators consider planet-warming emissions. Three judges of the DC Circuit questioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s certificate for the Henderson County gas expansion project, which includes a new 24-mile pipeline and is designed to feed natural gas to a power plant serving as a backup source for renewable energy. Judge Gregory Katsas suggested that the project was an easy one, noting that it uses gas when it needs it.

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