"FERC Faces Heightened Scrutiny as Gas Projects Proliferate"

"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission these days is drawing a crowd of companies promoting projects linked to the U.S. natural gas boom and protesters who say the agency blithely greenlights too many pipelines, export terminals and other gas infrastructure.

Foes of a FERC-approved export terminal at Cove Point, Md., recently rallied at FERC's Washington, D.C., headquarters, wearing matching shirts and waving signs mocking the panel's handling of gas projects. Activists are staging similar protests this week at the agency's headquarters.

Other FERC critics have taken to Facebook and Twitter or created their own websites to skewer the agency. Women calling themselves the 'FERC-etts' sing a spoof of the Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine': 'We all know FERC's a rubber-stamp machine.'"

Hannah Northey reports for Greenwire November 3, 2014.

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