WASHINGTON- A federal energy board is weighing how a proposed natural gas pipeline would affect greenhouse gas emissions, a move made this week by the Biden Administration in an effort to slow climate change. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted 3-2 to approve a pipeline operator's request to replace almost 100 miles of natural gas pipelines in South Dakota and Nebraska. Findings showed the project's climate-warming carbon emissions would not be significant.

FERC is an independent agency that regulates interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil and other tests. Members are appointed by the president and are then confirmed by the Senate.

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