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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dealt another blow to the floundering Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), handing down a decision that rescinds permission for all pipeline-related activities in the Jefferson National Forest
The EPA’s new associate administrator for the Office of Policy, sent a letter to FERC rolling back suggestions from EPA on how FERC might evaluate the environmental impacts of fracked gas pipelines
Yesterday evening, the comment period closed on FERC's review of their 1999 policy statement pertaining to pipeline reviews. Members and supporters of the Sierra Club submitted more than 25,000 comments.
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction on the North Carolina section of the controversial fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP).
Yesterday, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they were reauthorizing construction along a stretch of the 300-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Mountain Valley Watch, a volunteer organization of concerned community members monitoring construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, released its Incident Reporting Map
Today, the coalition of clean water advocates that forced a halt of construction activities for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia has formally requested the same for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
Neither the builders of the fracked gas Sabal Trail Pipeline nor the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will ask the Supreme Court to review a landmark ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from last year.
Today, Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) announced it is suspending construction activities in Southwest Virginia. The halt comes after citizen advocacy groups reported dozens of suspected water quality violations to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Today, a coalition of environmental advocates filed a petition for judicial review that could again halt construction of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline