A Massuchusetts appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit challenging one of the approvals of the Weymouth natural gas compressor station along the Atlantic Bridge Project, which transports Appalachia supply into Canada.

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A three-judge panel agreed with the Supreme Judicial Court judge’s ruling that the Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station (FRRACS) could not seek judicial review of the Weymouth compressor approval. The approval was issued by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). The group did not have the right to an agency hearing, and therefore could not request a judicial review, the appeals court stated. The appellate panel also agreed with the judge that FRRACS did not meet other standards under which it could have sought a judicial...