PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave it the green light in a vote on Thursday.
The pipeline belongs to TC Energy of Calgary, Canada — the same company behind the now-abandoned Keystone XL crude oil pipeline.
The agency’s final environmental assessment revised that number downward by roughly half in calculations contested by environmental groups.
In a joint letter to the federal agency the day before its vote, Democratic U.S.
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