Whether it moves by pipeline, by rail, or by tanker, tar sands and other oil is polluting, highly combustible, and dangerous to communities and our climate. In order to avert the worst of the climate crisis and protect our communities from devastating explosions and oil spills, we must stop the industry from building any new oil infrastructure. After more than a decade of advocacy, legal challenges, and organizing in partnership with local communities along the pipeline route and across the country, we successfully blocked the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Now we are continuing to apply those same tools to winning fights against other pipelines, oil train terminals, and oil export facilities across the country.
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The Roanoke Times reported that Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC has admitted for the first time that their 300 mile, $4.6 billion pipeline may never be built, a stunning departure from the brave face the company has put forward publicly
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the US Forest Service’s federal approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail.
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP) notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is stopping all work along the entirety of its 600-mile route
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced they are suing the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) for repeated violations of common-sense environmental protections.
Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a brief contesting FERC’s new policy that it would stop analyzing the full range of climate impacts of gas pipeline projects
Governor Rick Scott and the rest of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board voted unanimously to approve the expansion of fracked gas burning at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) Dania Beach Plant
Over 40 landowners and community members gathered in Gibsonville, NC Saturday to determine a strategy for stopping the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate extension.
Gov. Ralph Northam reportedly informed two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board that they would soon be replaced
90% of all gas pipeline fires and explosions draw no financial penalty for the corporations responsible
The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an order staying a permit that authorized the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to blast through streams and rivers in the Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia.