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Energy Transfer’s Fracked Gas Pipeline Spills Six Times in Two Weeks, Has Seven Additional Violations

Columbus, OH -- Over the weekend, Sierra Club discovered that Energy Transfer’s fracked gas pipeline, Rover, has spilled six times in a two-week period, has had six stormwater violations, and…

FERC Announcing Investigation into Energy Transfer’s Rover Pipeline

Columbus, OH -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) notified Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) that it was conducting an investigation into the construction of the fracked gas Rover…

FERC Rejects Rover Pipeline Request

Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected Energy Transfer Partners’ request to resume horizontal directional drilling at two sites for its Rover…

More than 200,000 People Take to the Streets of Washington, DC Demanding Climate Action

Washington, DC -- Today, more than 200,000 people took to the streets of Washington, DC for the Peoples Climate March, joined by thousands more marching in cities and towns across the country.The…

Nebraskans Testify Against Keystone XL Pipeline

York, NE -- Today, the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding its lone public comment meeting along the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline. The meeting is offering Nebraskans the…

Portman Spreads Falsehood to Cover Support for BLM Methane CRA

Washington, DC -- Last night, Senator Rob Portman (OH) announced support for a Resolution of Disapproval under the Congressional Review Act of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) methane waste…

Rep. Dingell Calls for Federal Funding of EPA National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Lab

Ann Arbor, MI -- Today, at a press conference hosted by the American Federation for Government Employees, Representative Debbie Dingell called for federal funding for the Environmental Protection…

Rover Pipeline Construction Spills Twice into Wetlands

Columbus, OH -- Yesterday, it was revealed that Energy Transfer’s Rover pipeline has had two major spills of drilling fluids into Ohio’s wetlands in just the past week. Construction began on the…

Senate Defeats Corporate Polluter’s Attempt to Gut BLM Methane Standards

Washington, DC -- Today, every Senate Democrat and three Senate Republicans voted against a procedural vote that would have paved the way for revoking the Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste…

Senator Gardner Sides with Corporate Polluters Over Coloradans

Washington, DC -- Today, the U.S. Senate defeated a vote that would have paved the way for revoking the Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste prevention rule, a standard which would prevent the…