Source: ROANOKE-CHOWAN NEWS HERALD, 3/4/19

On the heels of a lower court’s refusal to again review a ruling that temporarily halted construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), Dominion Energy has said it will appeal that decision to the United States Supreme Court. In December, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Forest Service did not have the authority to authorize the ACP from crossing a portion of the Appalachian Trail. The three-member Appeals Court also ruled that the Forest Service “abdicated its responsibility to preserve national forest resources” by giving the pipeline project the “green light” to cross the George Washington and Monongahela National Forests.

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