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Pennsylvania Takes Steps Toward Holding Fracking Companies Accountable

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Today, Democrats in the Pennsylvania State Senate introduced a package of bills designed to address the harms of the fracking industry. The legislation is a response to the…

BREAKING: Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline Delayed Further

CANONSBURG, Pa. -- Today, Equitrans Midstream Corporation announced that they were delaying the in-service date and raising the total cost of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) yet again…

BREAKING: North Carolina Again Rejects Fracked Gas Mountain Valley Pipeline Extension

RALEIGH, NC -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced its second rejection of the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) efforts to extend into North Carolina. MVP,…

Fracking Outlawed by Delaware River Basin Commission

WEST TRENTON, N.J. -- Today, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) voted 4-0, with the federal government abstaining, to outlaw all fracking operations in the Delaware River Basin. This historic…

Investors With Nearly $250 Billion In Assets Urge Big Banks to Dump Mountain Valley Pipeline

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, investors representing $244.9 billion in assets under management sent  to ten of the biggest banks in America urging them to stop funding the controversial fracked…

New Coalition Urges Banks to End Bad Bets On Fracked Gas Pipeline

PEMBROKE, Va. -- Today, a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition. The organizations, which collectively represent over 7,600,000 members…

MONDAY: Virginians Set to Oppose Another Dangerous Compressor Station in Virtual Hearing

RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a virtual public hearing Monday on whether to grant an air permit for the extension of the controversial Mountain…

BREAKING: Ohio Fracked Gas Well Has Been Spilling For Over a Week

NOBLE COUNTY, OH -- The Allegheny Front is reporting that a Noble County, Ohio fracked gas well has been spilling toxic radioactive oil and gas waste for over a week, with the fluid entering…

Maryland Board of Public Works Approves Another Dirty Fracked Gas Pipeline

ANNAPOLIS, MD -- Today, the Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) granted a wetlands license for the construction of another controversial fracked gas pipeline. The vote was made over the objections…

MVP Seeks to Use Longer, Costlier Process for Waterway Crossings

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) announced it will seek individual stream crossing permits after a federal court issued an order last November staying…