Lawsuit aims to block Tennessee gas pipeline

Environmental groups are suing to block a 32-mile pipeline in Tennessee that they warn will lock in planet-warming emissions for decades. In a lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices asked a three-judge panel to toss out the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval to build the Cumberland natural gas pipeline.

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