West Coast states are asking federal energy regulators to retract their approval of a natural gas pipeline expansion, arguing their climate laws should block projects that increase the interstate flow of fossil fuels.

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Washington, Oregon and California are petitioning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to retract approval of a natural gas pipeline expansion, citing state climate laws.

Oregon, Washington and California complain the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission slighted their legal commitments to slash greenhouse gases. A FERC report called Washington's emission-reduction law a "goal."

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