Energy Sector Cites Legal Flaws In Bid For High Court Stay Of NWP 12 Ruling

The energy sector is backing the Justice Department’s (DOJ) call for the Supreme Court to stay a district court’s vacatur of a federal Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for constructing new oil and gas pipelines, citing numerous alleged legal flaws with the lower court’s ruling and claiming widespread harms from the resulting halt in permitting. “A stay is needed because the district court’s injunction is inflicting enormous harm on TC Energy, on other oil and gas pipelines, and on...