Blocking Dirty Oil Infrastructure

Court Denies FERC’s Attempt to Further Delay Challenge to Mountain Valley Pipeline

Washington, DC -- Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied FERC’s motion to hold the Sierra Club and partners’ challenge to the Mountain Valley Pipeline in abeyance. FERC had argued that the case should be paused indefinitely to give the Commission more time to respond to rehearing requests filed in November 2017. The Natural Gas Act requires that FERC act on such requests within 30 days, but FERC regularly uses so-called “tolling orders” in an attempt to give itself more time to respond.

TODAY: South Florida Residents Voice Opposition to Expanded Fracked Gas Plant

With FPL proposing to expand the burning of fracked gas at their Dania Beach plant, residents of South Florida are uniting in opposition

TOMORROW: South Florida Residents Voice Opposition to Expanded Fracked Gas Plant

With FPL proposing to expand the burning of fracked gas at their Dania Beach plant, residents of South Florida are uniting in opposition

ICYMI: Enbridge Fined for Failing to Meet Pipeline Inspection Deadlines After Disastrous 2010 Tar Sands Spill

This week, the U.S. government fined Enbridge $1.8 million over the Canadian pipeline company’s failure to meet inspection deadlines for a number of its oil pipelines running through the Midwest. The inspections were required as part of a settlement following Enbridge’s disastrous 2010 tar sands pipeline spill in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil and cost more than $1 billion to clean up.

Atlantic Coast Pipeline Opponents Rally Outside Bank of America Shareholder Meeting in Charlotte

A crowd of activists rallied today outside of a meeting of Bank of America’s shareholders and executives to call on the Charlotte-based bank to drop its financing of dirty and destructive fossil fuel projects.

Virginians to Dominion Energy: Drop the Act

Dominion Energy is trying to suppress efforts to thoroughly evaluate construction of its Atlantic Coast Pipeline by claiming the delays will cost taxpayers money - despite the fact that Dominion wants to pass the costs of the pipeline on to ratepayers.

Judge Stops Short of Full Support for Line 3 Pipeline

Today, an administrative law judge stopped short of recommending that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approve all of Enbridge’s requests to build a new tar sands oil pipeline in Northern Minnesota.

Another Dirty, Dangerous Fracked Gas Pipeline Proposed for NC

Today, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) announced plans for the Southgate pipeline project that would extend the fracked gas pipeline into North Carolina.

Facing Widespread Public Opposition, Kinder Morgan Halts Work on Tar Sands Pipeline

Yesterday, Kinder Morgan announced that it will suspend work on its Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline. The controversial pipeline faces legal challenges as well as widespread public opposition across Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

DENIED: FERC Rejects ACP Request on Tree Clearing

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected a request from the builder of the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) for more time to cut trees used by migrating birds and threatened and endangered bat species.