(The Center Square) — Green groups are suing to block a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through sections of New Jersey to New York City after Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul gave a green light to the previously rejected project.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District, seeks to overturn a decision by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to approve a water quality certification for the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, despite having rejected the plan twice. Opponents of the pipeline filed a similar lawsuit against New Jersey environmental regulators, who also approved the project.
Susan Kraham, northeast managing attorney for Earthjustice, one of the groups that sued DEC, said the New York regulatory agency’s approval of the gas pipeline was a “180 degree reversal” from its rejection of the same application five years ago…