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FERC Rules in Favor of Landowners After Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Investigation

Statement

Date: June 11, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Infrastructure Energy

Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following statement after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced it will no longer authorize construction activities for natural gas pipelines until the agency acts on the merits of challenges from private landowners and other stakeholders:

"This is a giant win for landowners who have been locked out of the conversation for too long. While we applaud this long-overdue progress to restore basic rights to private property owners whose land is being targeted by large corporations, FERC must do much more to protect due process rights of people in this vulnerable situation, and we remain committed to holding FERC accountable for making further sweeping changes."


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