pipelines

MEDIA ADVISORY: Holiday Carolers to Bring Festive Anti-Line 3 Message to MN Pollution Control Agency

This Wednesday afternoon, a group of carolers will gather at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) office to bring holiday cheer and a message to stop the Line 3 pipeline.

Sierra Club Files Brief in Support of Lawsuit to Shut Down Line 5

The Sierra Club filed an amicus brief with the Ingham County Circuit Court today in support of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to permanently decommission part of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline.

Communities Demand Trump Preserve Crucial Water Protections

The Sierra Club submitted more than 23,900 comments from members and supporters opposing former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s illegal attempt to scrap Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.

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

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Hundreds to Rally in Duluth to Oppose Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline

On Saturday, September 28, hundreds of people will gather on the shores of Gichi-gami—Lake Superior— in Duluth for a rally and march to express their ongoing opposition to Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

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”