Overturn

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday denied a mining company’s petition to overturn FERC orders authorizing the construction of REX-East, the last leg of the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX).

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday denied a mining company’s petition to overturn FERC orders authorizing the construction of REX-East, the last leg of the Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX).

An Alaska Superior Court judge Friday dismissed Joe Miller’s attempt to overturn the results of the November election from which incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) emerged as the apparent winner.

FERC Wednesday rejected pleas attempting to overturn its order approving the Ruby Pipeline LLC project on environmental grounds.

The state of Alaska last Thursday brought a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a federal court that seeks to overturn the federal moratorium on offshore drilling in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The state of Alaska Thursday brought a lawsuit against Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in a federal court seeking to overturn the federal moratorium on offshore drilling in Alaska’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday introduced legislation to overturn the natural gas and oil reforms introduced on Monday by Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

Democrats on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have joined to oppose attempts by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding last month that carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pose a danger to the public’s health and welfare (see Daily GPI, Dec. 8, 2009).

Canadian pipelines have won a months-long battle to overturn a 15-year-old restriction on a key ingredient in their regulated profits and tolls. The National Energy Board (NEB), describing the old rule’s relevance today as doubtful, scrapped its formula for determining rates of return on the equity portion of the gas and oil transporters’ capital structures.