Author Maya Weber • 03 Jun 2020 | 19:06 UTC • Washington
Washington — The State of New Jersey has told the US Supreme Court that PennEast Pipeline exaggerated the industrywide harms likely to result from a federal appeals court decision blocking condemnation of property in which the state holds an interest.
The June 2 brief from the state comes as PennEast has asked the national’s high court to overturn a 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals decision it contends would enable states to block interstate gas pipelines, threatening the nation’s energy markets and likely chilling investments in infrastructure across the country. MORE>>