Kinder Morgan expressed pleasure, but opponents of the company’s planned 430-mile Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) disagreed with a judge’s opinion that the project can proceed.
Travis County District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Feb. 14 against a temporary restraining order sought by the T.R.E.A.D. (Texas Real Estate Advocacy and Defense) coalition to delay construction of the 42-inch pipeline, which would transport natural gas from West Texas oilfields to near Houston.
In his ruling, Pitman found that plaintiffs had not proven sufficient “irreparable harm” to endangered land and aquatic species to merit emergency action.
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