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Sierra Club Calls on FERC to Follow Court’s Decision and Halt ACP Construction

The Sierra Club is calling on FERC to order the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to immediately cease construction activities after the pipeline’s builders had their Incidental Take Statement vacated

Dangerous Bill Allowing Sale of Fracking Waste Passes Committee in OH State House

Yesterday, a bill that would allow oil and gas waste, including fracking fluids, to be sold as a “commodity” passed through the Ohio House Energy & Natural Resources Committee. The bill -- HB 393 -- would allow fracking waste to be sold in local stores without meeting any safety standards or requirements to protect public health, and would expand the use of this hazardous waste as a road deicer by the Ohio Department of Transportation.

TODAY: South Florida Residents Voice Opposition to Expanded Fracked Gas Plant

With FPL proposing to expand the burning of fracked gas at their Dania Beach plant, residents of South Florida are uniting in opposition

TOMORROW: South Florida Residents Voice Opposition to Expanded Fracked Gas Plant

With FPL proposing to expand the burning of fracked gas at their Dania Beach plant, residents of South Florida are uniting in opposition

U.S. And European Activists Host #BreakTheFrackingCycle Demonstrations Across Four Countries

International coalition draws attention to global consequences of the fracked gas cycle to oppose proposed liquefied natural gas terminal Rio Grande LNG near South Padre Island

Virginians to Dominion Energy: Drop the Act

Dominion Energy is trying to suppress efforts to thoroughly evaluate construction of its Atlantic Coast Pipeline by claiming the delays will cost taxpayers money - despite the fact that Dominion wants to pass the costs of the pipeline on to ratepayers.

Hundreds of Thousands of Public Comments Support Commonsense BLM Methane Rule

The public comment period closed today on an attempt by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to gut a key safeguard that would limit methane pollution and other harmful emissions from oil and gas drilling operations on public lands.

Public Health Advocates Decry Decision to Allow Fracking to go Forward Next to Bella Romero Academy

Local public health and environmental advocacy groups vow to continue to fight a decision allowing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to move forward next to Bella Romero Academy.

Another Dirty, Dangerous Fracked Gas Pipeline Proposed for NC

Today, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) announced plans for the Southgate pipeline project that would extend the fracked gas pipeline into North Carolina.

Thousands of People Speak Out Against Oil & Gas Leasing Near Great Sand Dunes National Park

DENVER, CO -- After just 15 days, today marks the close of the public comment period on a proposal by the Department of the Interior to open public lands near Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness to destructive drilling, mining and fracking. The proposal is part of a nationwide effort by Interior Secretary Zinke to sell out public lands to the oil and gas industry. All of the parcels set to be auctioned off by Sec.

DENIED: FERC Rejects ACP Request on Tree Clearing

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected a request from the builder of the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) for more time to cut trees used by migrating birds and threatened and endangered bat species.

Northam Administration Approves Water Impact Plans for Fracked Gas Pipeline After Flawed Review

Yesterday evening, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they had approved the Erosion and Sediment, Stormwater, and Karst Plans for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline