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Supreme Court Upholds Key Permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a crucial permit for Dominion Energy Inc.’s planned $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline, saying the Forest Service acted lawfully by clearing the natural-gas line to cross under the Appalachian Trail.The 7-2 ruling eliminates the biggest obstacle to the 600-mile (965-kilometer) pipeline, which would carry as much as 1.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day from the Marcellus shale basin in West Virginia to customers in North Carolina and Virginia.Dominion pared earlier losses and was trading up .26% at $83.42 at 11:40 a.m. in New York. EQM Midstream Partners LP, which will also benefit from the ruling, was up 16% at $22.57 at 11:41 a.m. in New York, after earlier rising as much as 19%. Equitrans Midstream Corp. climbed 15% to $9.27 after gaining as much as 18%.Dominion, which is developing the pipeline with Duke Energy Corp., has said it expects to begin construction...

U.S. Meat Giants Face Biggest Attack in Century From Probe

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is launching what could turn out to be the biggest attack in a century against the giants of America’s meat industry, which already faced uproar over employee treatment during the pandemic.The Justice Department is bringing criminal charges in the poultry industry just as it opens a formal probe of beef companies. Regulators are also scrutinizing potential price manipulation, and on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are clamoring for a crackdown.The threat from Washington is casting further spotlight on the industry after coronavirus outbreaks saw thousands of workers get sick, forcing plants to shutter. President Donald Trump in early May said he’d have the Justice Department look into beef prices, which more than doubled in about a month.The timing of the moves is interesting given that farmers have long complained about the dominance of just a handful of companies in beef and poultry markets, but antitrust enforcers haven’t before...