UPDATE 1-Court ruling could broaden U.S. government environmental impact studies
August 22, 2017 at 17:04 PM EDT
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators assessing new gas pipelines must try to analyze their potential to increase greenhouse gas emissions before giving them the go-ahead, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday, in a decision that industry representatives and environmentalists said could have far-reaching effects on infrastructure projects.