in our Spotlight on Business Report tonight a federal appeals court has blocked the expansion of a major natural gas pipeline in New Jersey the regional energy access Expansion Project has been pushed by the Energy company Williams which sought to expand its Transco Pipeline with a new compressor station in Gloucester County and bigger stations in Somerset County a coalition of New Jersey environmental groups had sued to challenge the Project's approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or FK the environment mentalists argue that furk had ignored the Project's potential harm when granting its approval that lawsuit was supported by New Jersey attorney general Matt plaen and the state rate Council who said the project was an unnecessary cost that would be passed on to Garden State gas customers the DC appeals court agreed on Tuesday vacating F's approval for the project and a major win for climate activists and so we're hopeful that this ruling sends a strong message to FK that they can no longer rubber stamp uh unnecessary new fossil fuel Pipelines