Blocking Dirty Oil Infrastructure

As International Leaders Wrap Up Global Biodiversity Framework Negotiations at COP15, Water Protectors and Advocates Call for the Immediate Shut Down of Line 5

Montreal, Canada -- As negotiations on a new 10-year plan to reverse the accelerating loss of life on Earth wrap up at the 15th UN Conference of Parties (COP15), Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline continues to threaten biodiversity, health, and climate. Throughout COP15 in Montreal, water protectors and environmental advocates from the United States and Canada amplified the extraordinary threat Enbridge’s fossil fuel infrastructure poses to the Great Lakes and inherent Indigenous rights.

Once Again Congress Rejects Giving Handouts to the Fossil Fuel Industry That Would Silence Frontline Communities

Washington, DC – Tonight, in a victory for frontline communities, Senator Manchin’s permitting bill has been blocked from being included in must-pass legislation set to be voted on this month. The permitting legislation would have rolled back federal permitting requirements under bedrock environmental laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Clean Water Act, forcing dirty infrastructure projects on vulnerable, environmental justice communities and jeopardizing the clean air and water of many across the country.

Legal Agreement Blocks Oil Drilling on 725,000 Acres of California Central Coast

MARINA, Calif.— A federal judge approved an agreement today to suspend new oil and gas leasing across more than 725,000 acres of public lands in California’s Central Coast and the Bay Area. The legal agreement was reached by conservation groups, Monterey County, Santa Cruz County and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

EPA Releases Improved Safeguards to Ensure Oil and Gas Operators Monitor and Stop Climate-Warming Methane Leaks

Today, in advance of President Biden on the world stage at COP27 Climate Conference, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a supplemental rule proposal that would establish strong, commonsense protections against methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry.

¿Líderes o Rezagados? Reporte Analiza las Promesas de Cero Emisiones de los Bancos

En vísperas de la COP 27, un nuevo reporte de la Campaña de Finanzas Libres de Combustibles Fósiles del Sierra Club analiza las promesas de cero emisiones del sector bancario durante dos años.

El Presidente Biden Indica Apoyo a Impuestos a las Extraordinarias Ganancias de las Petroleras y Gaseras

El Presidente Biden dijo anoche en un discurso que está dispuesto a trabajar con el Congreso para promulgar un impuesto a las ganancias de las compañías petroleras y gaseras.

Mountain Valley Pipeline To Give Up Southgate Extension

Raleigh, NC – Yesterday, Mountain Valley Pipeline withdrew the pipeline’s proposed Southgate extension’s eminent domain proceedings in North Carolina – abandoning their efforts to secure the land necessary to build that section of the pipeline. Without this land, the Mountain Valley Southgate extension is unlikely to ever be built.

Enbridge Hit With Criminal Charges Over Line 3 Aquifer Breach

Clearwater County, MN – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced today that his office filed criminal charge against Enbridge, the Canadian pipeline company behind the Line 3 tar sands pipeline, over an aquifer breach that happened during construction of the controversial pipeline.

New Long Beach Oil Slick Illustrates Need for City and Statewide Action

Long Beach, CA – On Saturday, October 15, 2022 an oil slick was discovered off the coast of Alamitas Beach in Long Beach, California near the four THUMS islands – artificial islands formed by five oil companies to produce tens of thousands barrels of oil every day.

**Media Advisory** Environmental Groups Urge US EPA to Regulate Oil and Gas Waste Injection Wells in Ohio

Columbus, OH - Last night, national and Ohio-based community organizations and environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke Ohio Department of Natural Resources' primacy over Class II injection wells.