NJ Joins Legal Battle Over Interstate Pipeline

August 11, 2023 | njspotlightnews.org

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In the state’s latest pipeline battle, the Murphy administration is joining seven other states in legally challenging a decision by a federal agency to approve an interstate natural gas pipeline, arguing the project is not needed.

A coalition of eight attorneys general, including New Jersey’s Matthew Platkin, filed a brief late last week in federal court challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s authorization of the Regional Energy Access Expansion project this past January.

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