By Gillian Giannetti and Christy Walsh This week the Senate voted to confirm three new three new commissioners…
This blog is co-written by NRDC attorney Morgan Johnson. Many thanks to energy analyst Talia Calnek-Sugin for her…
This blog was co-authored by senior attorney Morgan Johnson and Joshua Briggs, a 2023 summer intern with the…
Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments. This blog is co-written by NRDC…
Ever since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved its new gas pipeline policy statement last month, the gas industry and…
It’s no secret that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s reviews of gas pipelines and export facilities need an…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must keep four themes in mind as it establishes its Office of Public…
NRDC, the Sustainable FERC Project, and more than 50 other organizations sent a clear message today to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: FERC…
FERC Takes a Step Forward on Environmental Impacts
March 22, 2021The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission took an important and positive step forward regarding its consideration of a gas…
The United States—the world’s top producer of natural gas—extracts far more gas than we need to satisfy domestic…
Three Lessons Learned from the Axed Atlantic Coast Pipeline
July 6, 2020Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have announced that they are cancelling their beleaguered, billions-over-budget boondoggle, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This…
NRDC Sues FERC over Unlawful Jordan Cove LNG Project
May 28, 2020This blog was authored by NRDC fellow Alison Gocke, who has worked with Gillian on the Jordan Cove…
SCOTUS Debrief: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cowpasture Case
February 25, 2020The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday on whether the Atlantic Coast Pipeline can lawfully cross the Appalachian…
A Walk in the Woods: Pipelines and the Appalachian Trail
January 22, 2020By Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney and Sharon Buccino, Director of Nature Program Land Division at NRDC You may…
It’s been almost two years since the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it would take a fresh look at…
Three Strikes, You’re Out: The Unneeded Jordan Cove Project
July 11, 2019Developers who wish to build new interstate gas pipelines or liquefied natural gas (LNG) export or import terminals…
The DC Circuit fired a warning shot this week at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its analysis of…
Federal law requires that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) take a “hard look” at a proposed energy’s…
McNamee Should Recuse Himself in FERC Resilience Dockets
December 18, 2018The Natural Resources Defense Council today joined with other organizations in formally asking new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)…
The Coal/Nuke Plant Bailout: We Must Remain Vigilant
October 16, 2018Recent media reports suggest that the White House has tabled its plan to bail out costly coal and nuclear plants. While…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week lifted its order halting work on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline located in Virginia and West…
Trump Officials Pressured National Lab to Help Coal Agenda
August 9, 2018Trump administration officials pressured the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to write their March…
By Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney and Montina Cole, NRDC Alum NRDC, the Sustainable FERC Project (in which NRDC is a…
The Coal/Nuke Bailout, or DOE’s Game of Whack-A-Mole
June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project, Climate & Clean Energy Program If it feels like…
Worried About Grid Resilience? Don’t—You Can Sleep Well
May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney, Sustainable FERC Project Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has warned of an energy…
Three of the five members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—which oversees the siting and approval of…