Morgan Caplan

Morgan Caplan is an Associate Press Secretary with the Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign. She is based in Washington, DC. 

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Pennsylvania Legislation Will Exacerbate Massive Oil and Gas Well Backlog and Mismanagement of Federal Funds

Harrisburg, PA - Yesterday, House Bill 2644 became law as part of a budget deal Governor Wolf struck with the General Assembly. This bill eliminates the Environmental Quality Board’s (EQB) authority…

Mountain Valley Pipeline Still Troubled Despite Court Decision on Southgate Extension

Washington, DC -- Today, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected environmental groups' challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposed…

Court Ruling Deems Kern County’s Oil and Gas Review Violated the Law

Kern County, CA – The Kern County Superior Court issued a significant ruling that declared Kern County’s environmental review of its 2021 oil and gas ordinance violated the state’s bedrock…

Oil Wells Leaking Dangerous Amounts of Methane Found In Northeast Bakersfield Near Homes and Elementary School

Bakersfield, CA — An inspector from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District confirmed that two idled oil wells next to residential neighborhoods in Bakersfield are leaking massive…

Producing Reports Is The First Step To Plug Pennsylvania’s Wells To Address Environmental, Health, and Safety Concerns

Harrisburg, PA - Six months after two rulemaking petitions to raise oil and gas bonds were voted through by the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board, petitioners are still calling on the…

Fight to Stop Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline Continues Despite FERC Approval

Washington, DC — Late last Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) request to bore under 183 streams and wetlands at 120 locations…

Supreme Court Move To Reinstate Trump Era Clean Water Rule, Eroding Clean Water Act

Washington, DC — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Trump-era rule that undermines a vital mechanism states and Tribes use to protect their clean water under Section 401 of the Clean Water…

Appeals Court Declines to Reconsider Decisions Invalidating Endangered Species Act and Jefferson National Forest Agency Approvals for Mountain Valley Pipeline

Washington, DC — Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Mountain Valley Pipeline’s rehearing request on the court’s decision invalidating the biological opinion and incidental take…

U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismisses MVP’s appeal of air board decision

RICHMOND, Virginia — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit granted Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC’s motion to dismiss its appeal of the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board’s…

Environmental Groups Shut Down Construction of Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Wyalusing Township

WYALUSING, PA (March 21, 2022) - PennFuture, Clean Air Council, and Sierra Club obtained a settlement on March 18 that halts construction of the proposed Bradford County Real Estate Partners (BCREP)…