Enjoin

In a major victory for pipelines, a federal court in western Oklahoma has denied a request by the Sierra Club and two other organizations to enjoin the construction of the Cushing, OK-to-Port Arthur, TX, portion of the Keystone Pipeline, which was slated to begin on Aug. 6. It further rejected an attack on the legality of a water-crossing permit needed in pipeline construction.

In a major victory for pipelines, a federal court in western Oklahoma has denied a request by the Sierra Club and two other organizations to enjoin the construction of the Cushing, OK-to-Port Arthur, TX, portion of the Keystone Pipeline, which was slated to begin Monday (Aug. 6). It further rejected an attack on the legality of a water-crossing permit needed in pipeline construction.

In a major victory for pipelines, a federal court in western Oklahoma has denied a request by the Sierra Club and two other organizations to enjoin the construction of the Cushing, OK-to-Port Arthur, TX, portion of the Keystone Pipeline, which was slated to begin Monday (Aug. 6). It further rejected an attack on the legality of a water-crossing permit needed in pipeline construction.

Two environmental groups have asked a federal court in Pittsburgh to enjoin the Municipal Authority of the City of McKeesport from accepting any wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling operations at its sewage plant, but an official with the facility says it hasn’t accepted Marcellus wastewater for the last three months.

NSTAR Gas Co. has called on FERC to enjoin Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC from curtailing firm transportation service to its customers in the cities of Somerville and Cambridge, MA.

NSTAR Gas Co. has called on FERC to enjoin Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC from curtailing firm transportation service to its customers in the cities of Somerville and Cambridge, MA.

A federal court in Washington, DC, Thursday denied a request to enjoin major gas producers from refusing to sell gas for delivery to a number of Midwest municipalities and from raising the average wellhead price above the year-end 2004 level of $5.85/Mcf for the municipalities until a pending lawsuit is resolved.

The U.S.Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit earlier this week vacated a lower court’s decision in 2003 to permanently enjoin the enforcement of the Clinton administration’s “roadless” rule, which had placed more than 58 million acres of forest lands off limits to energy exploration and production, logging and other activities.

Responding to the recent lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer that charged Rockland, NY-based ECONnergy with slamming consumers in the state, Jonathan Gewirtz, ECONnergy’s director of business development, said that the attorney general’s claims were “baseless.” Following an 18-month investigation, Spitzer filed the lawsuit accusing the marketer of switching the electric and gas service of New Yorkers without their authorization.