In a 2-1 decision, the court concluded that FERC’s environmental impact statement did not contain adequate information regarding the indirect greenhouse gas emissions that would result from combustion at downstream power plants. According to the majority, FERC “should have either given a quantitative estimate of the downstream greenhouse gas emissions […] or explained more specifically why it could not have done so.” However, the court “[did] not hold that quantification of greenhouse-gas emissions is required every time those emissions are an indirect effect of an agency action [because] in some cases quantification may not be feasible.” Thus, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) must be applied on a case-specific basis.
Stephanie Roker
Editor
Stephanie joined Palladian Publications in 2015 and is now the Editor of World Coal, Dry Bulk and Global Mining magazine. She has enjoyed learning about the industry and hopes to develop this understanding more, for many years to come.
Stephanie spent most of her life living in Norway, where she attended an international school, before returning to England for university. She graduated from the University of Winchester in 2015, with a BA (Hons) in English Literature.
Her pastimes include reading, travelling, cooking and annoying her cat.
