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FERC releases Environmental Assessment of Southgate’s plans to alter pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an Environmental Assessment for the methane gas pipeline Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate, proposed for Virginia and North Carolina. The assessment claims to analyze the environmental impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s amendment request to change the route, pipe diameter and capacity of the project. Southgate would extend the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, into Rockingham, North Carolina, and has faced significant opposition since it was originally proposed in…

Controversial T15 Pipeline Approved

Raleigh, N.C. – The pipeline will cross over 100 waterways within the state, connecting the MVP Southgate pipeline – that does not yet have authorization to be built – to Duke Energy’s proposed gas plants on Hyco Lake. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality approved the 401 Water Quality permit for this project late today. After persistent outreach from community members, the Department of Environmental Quality required Enbridge Energy to create and follow a private well identification and testing plan. 

Forsyth County Passes Resolution Opposing Transco’s Proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Aug. 28, 2025) - Today, the Forsyth County Commissioners unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution opposing Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP).

Groups file challenge against FERC’s unlawful, blanket suspension of own construction regulation

Washington, DC – A coalition of public interest groups, landowners, and fishermen filed a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ‘waiver order’ that allows FERC to avoid its own regulations for construction of pipelines and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) facilities. 

Trump’s Army Corps Hands Industry Blank Check to Harm Nation’s Waters

Washington, DC — The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and Waterkeeper Alliance today submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. Changes proposed by the Trump administration would pave the way for even more harmful and toxic activities in sensitive waters and wetlands across the United States.

Sierra Club: Trump Set to Give Free Rein to Corporate Polluters to Pollute Public Lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Department of the Interior released a draft plan that would open up the largest contiguous piece of public lands in the country to oil and gas drilling. The draft plan would open up 82 percent of the Western Arctic to drilling. The Western Arctic comprises 23 million acres of public lands in northwest Alaska.

New Report: Global Bank Financing of Fossil Fuels Totals $869B In 2024, A Dramatic Increase In Financing

Banking on Climate Chaos reveals banks financed $429B in companies expanding fossil fuels in 2024

Guilford County Commissioners pass resolution on Transco’s Southeast Supply Enhancement Project

GREENSBORO, NC - Last night, on World Environment Day, the Guilford County Commissioners unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution, asking for a more thorough analysis of the proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project (SSEP).

Sierra Club Statement on Trump Administration’s Attempt to Revoke Protections for the Western Arctic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump administration took a step in revoking a major federal rule protecting public lands in its latest giveaway to corporate polluters.

Sable Restarts Oil Production on 10 Year Anniversary of Refugio Spill

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — This morning, Sable Offshore announced that they have restarted oil production at the Santa Ynez Unit off the coast of Santa Barbara, with imminent plans to restart the same corroded pipeline that caused the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill exactly 10 years ago.