fracking

Landowners and Environmental Advocates Tell FERC: Stop Kicking the Can on Fracked Gas Pipelines

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments in a case that has major implications for how fracked gas pipelines get approved and built in the United States

BREAKING: Polluting Gas Facility To Begin Operation in Coronavirus Hotspot

FERC approved a request from Sabal Trail Transmission to start operating a polluting facility in Albany, Ga., a hotspot for Coronavirus cases

BREAKING: Williams Cancels Fracked Gas Constitution Pipeline

Williams confirmed today that they are cancelling the 125-mile fracked gas Constitution Pipeline

Sierra Club Statement on Record Fine for Energy Transfer

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined ETC, an affiliate of the gas and propane transportation company Energy Transfer Partners, $30.6 million after its Revolution Pipeline exploded

Virginia Clean Energy Deal ‘Like a Moment of Sunshine on a Rainy Day’ - Sierra Club

Virginia announced an agreement to purchase clean energy for the state government, but the state’s utility still plans to use dirty fossil fuel power plants and is still pursuing fracked gas projects

Federal Agency Orders Halt to Fracked Gas Pipeline Construction

Late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to halt construction activities along the entire 303-mile route of the project

Coalition of Clean Water Advocates Protest Fracked Gas Pipeline with ‘Hands Across the Potomac’

hundreds of clean water activists joined hands across the Potomac River to protest plans by Columbia Gas to revive a fracked gas pipeline project that has already been rejected by the state of Maryland

Fourth Circuit Grants Stay in Endangered Species Act Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has put a hold on two permits that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) requires to proceed with construction activities

Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline to Pay Penalty for Water Quality Violations

Virginia announced Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC will pay a $2.15 million penalty and must adhere to additional monitoring and environmental protections

BREAKING: Federal Agency Asks Fish and Wildlife Service to Start Over on Crucial Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline

FERC requested that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) reinitiate consultation on its Endangered Species Act permit for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline

BREAKING: Mountain Valley Pipeline Suspends New Construction Activities in Endangered Species Habitat

Just days after a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), the project’s developers have announced they are voluntarily suspending new construction activities in the habitats of endangered species

Feds Find “Unsafe Construction Practices” on Fracked Gas Pipeline

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) inspectors “found unsafe construction practices at work sites on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline”