pipelines

August 22, 2018

Next Wednesday, August 29, Native and non-Native leaders will be joined by national environmental advocates to take escalated action in the Bemidji area to urge Governor Mark Dayton to act immediately to stop Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

August 21, 2018

Today, the Virginia State Water Control Board allowed the controversial fracked-gas Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines to proceed with current inadequate permits.

August 15, 2018

Yesterday, a coalition of clean water advocates filed two emergency motions to stop the continued construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline

August 13, 2018

In the space of just one week, legal challenges from clean water advocates led to work stoppages along the entire routes of both the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines.

August 9, 2018

Today, the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) responded to an order to halt construction by proposing they complete 45 miles of construction (bless their little hearts).

August 6, 2018

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today threw out the National Park Service’s permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

August 4, 2018

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), ordered a halt to construction activities along the entire route of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline

July 30, 2018

Despite acknowledging the severe climate threat posed by burning fossil fuels, an administrative law judge recommended today to allow FPL to expand its fracked gas-burning operations in Dania Beach

July 30, 2018

Today, Donald Trump’s State Department released a draft Environmental Assessment of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline’s route through Nebraska.

July 27, 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dealt another blow to the floundering Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), handing down a decision that rescinds permission for all pipeline-related activities in the Jefferson National Forest

July 26, 2018

The EPA’s new associate administrator for the Office of Policy, sent a letter to FERC rolling back suggestions from EPA on how FERC might evaluate the environmental impacts of fracked gas pipelines

July 26, 2018

Yesterday evening, the comment period closed on FERC's review of their 1999 policy statement pertaining to pipeline reviews. Members and supporters of the Sierra Club submitted more than 25,000 comments.