pipelines

June 24, 2021

Washington, DC -- Today, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief defending the Trump administration’s position on Line 3 in a federal lawsuit challenging a key permit for the controversial tar sands pipeline project. 

June 14, 2021

Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals announced it will uphold the Public Utilities Commission’s 2020 approval of Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline.

June 9, 2021

Today, 13 years after it was first proposed, TC Energy announced that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is officially terminated.

May 25, 2021

Democrats in the Pennsylvania State Senate introduced a package of bills designed to address the harms of the fracking industry

May 4, 2021

Equitrans Midstream Corporation announced that they were delaying the in-service date and raising the total cost of the fracked gas MVP yet again

May 3, 2021

GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a nationwide permit that allows streamlined development of oil and gas pipelines through wetlands, streams and rivers.

April 29, 2021

NCDEQ announced its second rejection of MVP's efforts to extend into NC

February 25, 2021

the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) voted 4-0, with the federal government abstaining, to outlaw all fracking operations in the Delaware River Basin

February 24, 2021

investors representing $244.9 billion in assets under management sent letters to ten of the biggest banks in America urging them to stop funding the controversial fracked gas MVP

February 21, 2021

a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition

February 8, 2021

After the courts ruled the pipeline is operating illegally, the Biden Administration must decide on Feb. 10th whether to shut it down while an environmental review is undertaken

A broad coalition of Native-led groups, environmental organizations, and influencers released a letter calling on President Biden and Vice President Harris to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and shut down the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) following the Jan. 27 court ruling that the pipeline is operating illegally without the necessary federal permits. 

February 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge has decided against granting a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily halted construction of a harmful oil pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada to Wisconsin, through northern Minnesota.