May 4, 2021
Equitrans Midstream Corporation announced that they were delaying the in-service date and raising the total cost of the fracked gas MVP yet again
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April 29, 2021
NCDEQ announced its second rejection of MVP's efforts to extend into NC
April 23, 2021
“I believe that California needs to move beyond oil” -Governor Newsom
SACRAMENTO, CA -- Today, Governor Newsom issued a directive to ban new fracking permits by 2024. The statement also requests that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) assess how California can phase out all oil and gas drilling by 2045. If California were to do this, it would be the first oil-producing state to fully phase out oil and gas extraction.
March 9, 2021
February 25, 2021
the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) voted 4-0, with the federal government abstaining, to outlaw all fracking operations in the Delaware River Basin
February 24, 2021
investors representing $244.9 billion in assets under management sent letters to ten of the biggest banks in America urging them to stop funding the controversial fracked gas MVP
February 21, 2021
a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition
February 17, 2021
SACRAMENTO - Senators Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Monique LimĂłn (D-Santa Barbara) introduced Senate Bill 467, which halts the issuance or renewal of permits for hydraulic fracturing (fracking), acid well stimulation treatments, cyclic steaming, and water and steam flooding starting January 1, 2022, and then prohibits these extraction methods entirely starting January 1, 2027.
February 5, 2021
DEQ will host a virtual public hearing Monday on whether to grant an air permit for the extension of the controversial MVP
February 4, 2021
The Allegheny Front is reporting that a Noble County, Ohio fracked gas well has been spilling toxic radioactive oil and gas waste for over a week, with the fluid entering waterways and killing fish
January 27, 2021
Maryland Board of Public Works granted a wetlands license for the construction of another controversial fracked gas pipeline
January 26, 2021
MVP announced it will seek individual stream crossing permits after a federal court issued an order last November staying previous approvals under the blanket Nationwide Permit 12