East Coast: Gas Pipeline/Permits Tossed

A federal appeals court has thrown out two key permits for the Atlantic Coast gas pipeline, slated to start in West Virginia and run through Virginia and North Carolina. ABC's Chuck Sivertsen says environmental groups say the ruling should halt construction on the 600-mile natural gas pipeline. A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Virginia says a Fish and Wildlife Service permit had no specific limits for impact on five threatened or endangered species...and a National Park Service permit allowed the pipeline to pass underneath the Blue Ridge Parkway without explaining how that's possible with a National Park System scenic parkway. Dominion Energy, the project's lead developer, says it'll work to resolve the issues and predicts only a short delay.