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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A coalition asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to order Mountain Valley Pipeline to stay out of West Virginia streams until a decision is made on their appeal from last week. The groups made the request today because MVP is ineligible to use the streamlined stream crossing permit offered to it by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that they have rejected a motion that would have allowed them to ensure that Tribal concerns were being adequately considered in their review of the controversial proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
When Donald Trump reversed the rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, he touted his plan to require that the pipeline be built using only American-made steel. Since then, the commitment to American steel has been dropped from his stump speech, and the administration’s recently released infrastructure plan includes nothing about requiring American steel in pipelines.
A coalition of clean water advocates filed a suit contending the United States Army Corps of Engineers improperly issued a crucial permit for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
Today, the Minnesota Department of Commerce provided revisions to its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruled in December that the FEIS was inadequate, though they sidestepped a number of concerns that have been raised by Minnesotans and several state agencies including numerous calculation errors and a failure to adequately explore alternatives to this pipeline expansion or any no-build scenario.
Today, the Sierra Club issues the following regarding continued efforts by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC to sidestep a court’s order to vacate the pipeline Certificate, which would have the effect of shutting the pipeline down.
Late Friday, the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of a coalition of environmental and community groups, filed a reply in support of their motion for a stay of construction of the fracked gas Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a request from pipeline builders and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to take another look at the consequences of a case that established downstream greenhouse gas emissions as a crucial component of analyzing the impacts of gas pipelines.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee today rejected the largest oil shipping terminal proposed in North America as not in the best interests of the state and its people. The Tesoro Savage project (also known as Vancouver Energy) sought to ship over 131 million barrels of oil per year down the Columbia River.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed an initial brief on Tuesday in the matter of National Grid’s request for approval of a Special Contract with luxury real estate developer One Dalton LLC., recommending that the state’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU) DENY the request. The Special Contract would pave the way for construction of the Back Bay/South End Pipeline to service the luxury hotel and condominiums of One Dalton