June 21, 2018
Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of a crucial permit that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) needs to build across waterways.
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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June 15, 2018
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline following an investigation on June 6, 2018
June 15, 2018
Virginia residents have submitted more than 3,000 comments to their Water Control Board demanding the Nationwide Permit 12 for the fracked gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines be revoked.
June 6, 2018
Yesterday, attorneys for the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates (Appalmad) appeared before the Virginia Supreme Court to present oral arguments in Sierra Club v. State Corporation Commission.
May 31, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Florida Southeast’s planned spur off the Sabal Trail Pipeline to supply a planned fracked gas-burning plant in Okeechobee, FL.
May 30, 2018
Today, the Sierra Club and the FreshWater Accountability Project filed comments with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on the water quality permit for Shell’s Falcon ethane pipeline.
May 23, 2018
The Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has indefinitely suspended portions of a permit required for construction of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)
May 22, 2018
A coalition of environmental advocates filed a motion for stay, asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to put an immediate stop to the construction across waterways of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
May 18, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted to ignore the catastrophic environmental effects of gas pipelines.
May 17, 2018
The Sierra Club is calling on FERC to order the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to immediately cease construction activities after the pipeline’s builders had their Incidental Take Statement vacated