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A federal appeals court this week affirmed a lower court’s ruling in Virginia to dismiss yet another challenge brought by a group of landowners and a trust against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).

A landmark native rights verdict has preserved access to Canada’s richest unconventional natural gas formations in northern Alberta and British Columbia (BC) by limiting tribal power to block pipeline construction.

Southwestern Energy Co. has asked the Pennsylvania Superior Court to reconsider an opinion issued earlier this month that could find unconventional oil and gas producers liable for subsurface trespass, arguing that a two-judge panel misunderstood crucial facts and claiming the case is of “national significance.”

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia has ruled that Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) may exercise eminent domain and condemn 300 properties in the state, but more information must be submitted to the court before accessing most of the land.

A regulatory turf war between FERC and New York officials regarding the Valley Lateral Project to carry Marcellus Shale natural gas shows no sign of abating, and a federal appeals court in Manhattan agreed to hear arguments about the project next month.

Capping a chaotic three days, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia late Wednesday denied an emergency motion to stay FERC’s certificate for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) Atlantic Sunrise expansion, allowing construction to immediately resume.

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) may continue operating during a federal review of the project’s environmental impact, a judge overseeing the case ruled on Wednesday.

A circuit court ruling issued last Friday regarding potential mining in Wyoming may provide ammunition to groups challenging environmental reviews of oil, gas and coal leases for not considering the impacts on climate change.

Constitution Pipeline Co. LLC won’t back down in its fight with New York, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday for a rehearing of the court’s refusal to vacate the state’s denial of a water quality certificate (WQC) and other permits.