Nashville, Tennessee — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has paused two essential water permits for the proposed Cumberland Gas Pipeline, which would cut through parts of Dickson, Houston, and Stewart Counties in Middle Tennessee. The stays, which freeze the permits until the court issues final rulings sometime next year, were issued late Friday afternoon and halt pipeline construction activities.
Today Sierra Club and Public Citizen sued FERC for its approval of ONEOK’s Saguaro Connector Pipeline that would export massive amounts of methane gas from West Texas to Mexico for further transport, liquefaction, and export primarily to Asia.
Today, despite ten years of fierce community opposition and countless failures and violations, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted approval to allow the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline to go into service.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices, has filed a lawsuit challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to approve the 32-mile Cumberland Pipeline — a dangerous and unnecessary methane gas pipeline that will do long-lasting damage to the climate, Tennessee Valley Authority customers, local waterways, and nearby communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Late yesterday, a number of conservation groups filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision to extend the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate Project.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s proposed 32-mile Cumberland Pipeline. The decision to give the green light to this dangerous methane gas pipeline project ignores the significant and long-lasting damage it will do to the climate, utility customers, and Tennessee communities.
Despite overwhelming public opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a three-year extension of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s certificate for their Southgate extension.
Today, Gov. Cooper vetoed the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 known as HB600 that, if passed, would benefit polluting entities at the expense of North Carolina’s water quality and vulnerable communities.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit issued a stay of the biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Today, the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) authorized all remaining construction for the disastrous Mountain Valley Pipeline.