October 2, 2018
Gov. Rick Scott, in his role as head of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board, moved a controversial vote to after the election as he seeks a seat in the United States Senate.
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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September 25, 2018
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a stay of the National Forest Service decisions allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction.
September 24, 2018
Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation will repeal a safety measure requiring upgrades to the brakes on rail cars carrying explosive crude oil. The original rule was issued in 2015 in response to a series of train derailments and explosions that killed dozens of people.
September 17, 2018
The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have issued new permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, according to Atlantic’s filings with FERC today.
September 12, 2018
At last night’s Virginia Air Pollution Control Board public hearing, more than 150 people attended and over 60 Virginians spoke out against the dirty and dangerous Buckingham Compressor Station
September 11, 2018
Yesterday, communities across Western Pennsylvania filed a joint protest of Shell Pipeline Company’s effort to build the Falcon Ethane Pipeline without any air pollution limits.
September 10, 2018
An Energy Transfer Corp. gas pipeline exploded early Monday morning, destroying at least one house and forcing the evacuation of dozens of residents.
September 4, 2018
The Alamance County, NC County Commission unanimously voted to oppose the extension of the controversial fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
August 31, 2018
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to allow fracked gas to flow through the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline by September 10
August 30, 2018
Today, the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal ruled in favor of First Nations in their challenge to the government’s approval of the necessary permits for the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline. The controversial pipeline has faced widespread public opposition across Canada and the Pacific Northwest.