Gas pipeline expansion could fuel Pacific north-west climate emergencies

Washington, Oregon and California have stringent laws to combat fossil fuel, but the approval of GTN Xpress could upend that

Construction could start before the new year on a gas pipeline expansion through the Pacific north-west that state officials say will undermine the region's renewable transition and further fuel climate emergencies.

The region is suffering from annual wildfires, deadly heat domes and drought. Lawmakers in Washington, Oregon and California have passed some of the country's most stringent laws to move away from fossil fuels, but they say the federal commission that greenlit the project threatens to undermine that progress.