pipelines

New Lawsuit Launched Against Mountain Valley Pipeline

Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)

Trump EPA Continues Attack on Bedrock Environmental Protections

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Donald Trump’s direction, announced a proposed rule that would drastically undermine the bedrock protections set forth in the Clean Water Act

BREAKING: Virginia Orders Halt to Construction on Fracked Gas Pipeline

Today, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they issued a stop work order for two miles of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline

Report: “No Convincing Evidence of Need” for Mountain Valley Pipeline Extension

Today, a coalition of water and environmental justice advocates released a study, conducted by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), showing Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) “has not provided convincing evidence” of a need for the MVP extension

ICYMI: Keystone XL Developer Puts Communities at Risk of Spills Yet Again

This weekend, it was reported that an inspection by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) revealed that TC Energy - formerly TransCanada - likely violated pipeline safety standards by failing to provide suitable coating material at numerous locations along the Keystone Pipeline, the southern leg of the company’s controversial proposed Keystone XL. 

Court Tosses Another Crucial Permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a permit that the ACP needs to continue construction

Sierra Club North Star Chapter Welcomes Jay Inslee’s Opposition to Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

Today, Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined the growing movement in Minnesota and across the country opposing Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline. If built, Line 3 would cross through critical ecological and cultural resources, threatening Minnesota’s land, clean water, Tribal sovereignty, and our climate.

Washington State Coalition Responds to the Canadian Government’s Approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

Ignoring risks to native people, climate and the Salish Sea, the Canadian government today formally approved an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

Groups Deliver Thousands of Minnesotan Petition Signatures Against Enbridge Line 3 to Minnesota State Capitol

Today, Minnesotans and allied organizations with over 17,000 petition signatures from over 460 towns, cities, and municipalities across Minnesota gathered at Governor Tim Walz’s office in the State Capitol to urge his administration to stop the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

“Freedom Gas” Part II: FERC Chairman Throws Out Neutrality, Equates Fracked Gas Pollution With Freedom

Just a day after the Department of Energy referred to fracked gas as “freedom gas” and announced its intent to push a “regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported,” the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has doubled down on that concept.

Trump Administration Views Pollution and Endangering Communities as Freedom

Trump DOE announced a commitment to “spreading freedom gas throughout the world” and its intent to push a “regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported.”

FERC Releases Environmental Review of Proposed Rio Grande LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal and Rio Bravo Pipeline

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Rio Grande LNG fracked gas export terminal and the 135 mile-long Rio Bravo Pipeline. Rio Grande LNG is one of three fracked gas export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande Valley, none of which have been approved.