Trump Said to Seek Limits on State Power in Pipeline Approvals -
"Trump's order comes as the president continues to chafe at regulatory barriers he says throttle the full potential of American 'energy dominance,' while keeping the nation hooked on foreign gas imports."
Why this is important: Over the past several years, administrative and legal challenges to natural gas transmission pipelines have stalled the completion of the Constitution Pipeline to the Northeast region, the Mountain Valley Pipeline to Southwestern Virginia, and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline terminating in North Carolina. These repeated efforts by environmental advocates and state governments have dramatically increased the cost of these pipeline projects, as well as deprived residential and commercial consumers of the benefit of affordable and clean-burning shale gas from Appalachia....
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