Doug Jackson is a senior press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign.
Jan 11 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, community and clean water advocates sued to reverse a U.S. Forest Service decision rushed through behind undue political pressure from the lame duck Trump administration.…
Nov 18 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new report from Oil Change International shows that eight major banks have upped their stakes in the controversial fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, even though the project…
Oct 14 2020
ORLANDO -- The Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) announced today that they would stop burning coal for power by 2027 and would get 92% of their energy from renewable sources by 2050. The move away…
Oct 9 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) permission to resume construction, even though the beleaguered fracked gas…
Oct 9 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Today, Duke Energy released a plan to further commit itself to fossil fuels. Duke’s long-term overreliance on gas has led to methane leaks — which is 87 times more potent than…
Sep 22 2020
Annaopolis, MD -- Today, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) removed a hurdle for the fracked gas Del-Mar pipeline by recommending that the Maryland Board of Public Works approve Eastern…
Sep 14 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Water and climate advocacy organizations submitted comments and signatures from exactly 43,000 people demanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deny the fracked…
Sep 4 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a new [Biological Opinion] for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The 303-mile project is stalled while…
Aug 25 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for two more years to complete their fracked gas pipeline. MVP is already severely behind…
Aug 11 2020
RALEIGH, NC -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today announced its rejection of the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) efforts to extend into North Carolina. MVP had…