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Sierra Club Statement on Record Fine for Energy Transfer

HARRISBURG, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined ETC, an affiliate of the gas and propane transportation company Energy Transfer Partners, $30.6 million after its…

Senate Committee Hearing Exposes Trump and Wheeler Illegal Plan to Erode Clean Water Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to erode section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The rule change…

Communities Demand Trump Preserve Crucial Water Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club submitted more than 23,900 comments from members and supporters opposing former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s illegal attempt to scrap Section 401 of the Clean…

Virginia Clean Energy Deal ‘Like a Moment of Sunshine on a Rainy Day’ - Sierra Club

Richmond, Va. -- Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced an agreement to purchase 420 megawatts of clean energy for the state government’s needs. However, the state’s utility, Dominion Energy,…

Federal Agency Orders Halt to Fracked Gas Pipeline Construction

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to halt construction activities along the entire 303-mile…

Coalition of Clean Water Advocates Protest Fracked Gas Pipeline with ‘Hands Across the Potomac’

Shepherdstown, WV -- Hundreds of clean water activists joined hands across the Potomac River on Sunday to protest plans by Columbia Gas to revive a fracked gas pipeline project that has already been…

Fourth Circuit Grants Stay in Endangered Species Act Case

RICHMOND, VA -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has put a hold on two permits that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) requires to proceed with construction activities. By…

Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline to Pay Penalty for Water Quality Violations

RICHMOND, VA -- Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC will pay a $2.15 million penalty and must adhere to additional monitoring and environmental protections in…

BREAKING: Federal Agency Asks Fish and Wildlife Service to Start Over on Crucial Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the federal agency tasked with reviewing and approving interstate gas pipelines, requested that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

BREAKING: Mountain Valley Pipeline Suspends New Construction Activities in Endangered Species Habitat

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Just days after a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), the project’s…