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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…