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Feds Find “Unsafe Construction Practices” on Fracked Gas Pipeline

BRIDGEPORT, WV -- E&E News is reporting that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) inspectors “found unsafe construction practices at work sites on the Atlantic Coast…

New Lawsuit Launched Against Mountain Valley Pipeline

RICHMOND, Va. -- Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The petition for review of the project…

Trump EPA Continues Attack on Bedrock Environmental Protections

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Donald Trump’s direction, announced a proposed rule that would drastically undermine the bedrock protections set forth in…

BREAKING: Virginia Orders Halt to Construction on Fracked Gas Pipeline

RICHMOND, VA -- Today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they issued a stop work order for two miles of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline. According to a DEQ…

Report: “No Convincing Evidence of Need” for Mountain Valley Pipeline Extension

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, a coalition of water and environmental justice advocates released a study, conducted by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), showing Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) “has…

Court Tosses Another Crucial Permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

RICHMOND, Va. -- Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals . A three-judge panel vacated the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) review of the ACP’s impacts related to the…

Despite Opposition, Judge Allows TECO Plans for Fracked Gas and Coal to Move Forward

TAMPA, FL -- An administrative law judge is allowing Tampa Electric Company (TECO) to move forward with plans to burn fracked gas and more coal at their Tampa-area Big Bend plant. The decision comes…

“Freedom Gas” Part II: FERC Chairman Throws Out Neutrality, Equates Fracked Gas Pollution With Freedom

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Just a day after the Department of Energy referred to fracked gas as “freedom gas” and announced its intent to push a “regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom…

Trump Administration Views Pollution and Endangering Communities as Freedom

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a commitment to “spreading freedom gas throughout the world” and its intent to push a “regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S…

BREAKING: Maryland Bans Harmful Foam Food Containers

ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Today, Maryland became the second state to ban expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam food containers, as Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he would allow to become law a bill that prohibits…