TECO Re-Commits to Burning Dirty Coal in Tampa Area
TAMPA, FL -- Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) granted the final air permit for Tampa Electric Company’s (TECO) proposal to lock the Tampa Bay area into decades of…
Doug Jackson is a senior press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign.
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FPL Solar Announcement a Positive Step, But More Action Is Needed
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Wednesday, Florida Power and Light (FPL) announced they would install tens of millions of new solar panels by 2030. While this is a positive step forward, their announcement left…
Virginia Air Board grants permit for controversial fracked-gas compressor station
RICHMOND, Virginia – Today, the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board voted 4-0 to grant a permit to Dominion Energy for the Buckingham Compressor Station, a 54,000 horsepower industrial…
BREAKING: Maryland Rejects Fracked Gas Pipeline Easement
ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Today, the Maryland Board of Public Works (Board) voted 3-0 to deny a crucial easement to the fracked gas Potomac Pipeline. The unanimous decision is a major and unexpected setback…
Northam Administration Schedules Controversial Comment Period Over Christmas
RICHMOND, Virginia – Today, on the Friday before Christmas, the Department of Environmental Quality opened a comment period on specific documents newly submitted to the Virginia Air Pollution Control…
Fracked-Gas Compressor Station Permit Vote Delayed
RICHMOND, Virginia – Today, the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board (Board) delayed a vote on a crucial permit for a fracked gas compressor station. The Board will open a new public comment…
Mountain Valley Pipeline Admits Project May Never Be Finished
ROANOKE, VA -- Yesterday, the Roanoke Times reported that Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC has admitted for the first time that their 300 mile, $4.6 billion pipeline may never be built, a stunning…
Federal Court Throws Out Approval of ACP Through National Forests
Richmond, VA— Today the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the US Forest Service’s federal approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail. The…
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Halts All Construction
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP) notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is stopping all work along the entirety of its 600-mile route. The decision…
Virginia Sues Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline for Repeated Violations
RICHMOND, VA -- Today, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced they are suing the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) for…