Doug Jackson, 202.495.3045 or doug.jackson@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit refused to lift the stay on construction for the fracked gas Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline. The Sierra Club and allied groups secured the stay with an emergency filing last week. Transco, the project’s builder, requested the stay be lifted and that the petitioners be charged a bond of $8 million a day, which was also rejected. The order applies to portion of the pipeline running through Pennsylvania.
In response, Joanne Kilgour, Director of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club released the following statement:
"By refusing to lift the stay on construction, this court has ensured that Pennsylvanians’ voices will be heard and corporate polluters like Transco don’t get a shortcut through our judicial system. The people whose lives, land, and values have been threatened by the construction of this dirty, dangerous pipeline deserve a fair hearing on the impacts of and need for this project. They should not have to endure the threats posed during the judicial process, and the court made the right decision today."
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