Environmental groups’ lawsuit against New York state for approving a permit for a new natural gas pipeline aims, in part, to home in on a key argument: The state rejected this permit twice before.
Earthjustice, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and others filed a petition for review Tuesday in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit over the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s issuance earlier this month of a water quality permit for a proposed Williams Co. natural gas pipeline.
While a brief outlining the environmental groups’ specific legal arguments …