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States Join Environmental Advocates Against FERC Decision to Circumvent Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a brief contesting FERC’s new policy, announced in a 3-2 decision this May, that it would stop analyzing the full…

Gov. Scott and Siting Board Approve Fracked Gas Plant Despite Financial Conflicts and Lack of Transparency

Today, Governor Rick Scott and the rest of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board voted unanimously to approve the expansion of fracked gas burning at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) Dania Beach Plant…

Residents Gear Up to Fight Proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Over 40 landowners and community members gathered in Gibsonville, NC Saturday to determine a strategy for stopping the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate extension.…

Northam Puts Dominion’s Interests and Desires over Virginians’

RICHMOND, VA -- Today, Gov. Ralph Northam reportedly informed two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board that they would soon be replaced, along with two members of the State Water Control…

ICYMI: 90% of All Gas Pipeline Blasts Draw No Fines

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, E&E News reported that 90% of all gas pipeline fires and explosions draw no financial penalty for the corporations responsible. According to the article, only 10% of…

BREAKING: Mountain Valley Pipeline Loses Authority to Cross Streams and Wetlands in Virginia

NORFOLK, VA -- Today, at the request of a coalition of clean water advocates including the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, the Army Corps of Engineers suspended a permit that the…

BREAKING: Court Tosses Required Permit for Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline

RICHMOND, VA -- Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act for the fracked gas Mountain Valley…

ICYMI: Vote on Controversial Fracked Gas Plant Moved to After Election

TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Gov. Rick Scott, in his role as head of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board, moved a controversial vote to after the election as he seeks a seat in the United States Senate. The…

ICYMI: ACP Construction Halted in National Forest

Richmond, VA— The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a stay of the National Forest Service decisions allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction.  The stay puts an immediate stop to…

Agencies Rush Out New Permits for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have issued new permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, according to Atlantic’s filings with FERC today.  â€¦