Doug Jackson is a senior press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign.
Jan 6 2020
HARRISBURG, PA -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined ETC, an affiliate of the gas and propane transportation company Energy Transfer Partners, $30.6 million after its…
Nov 19 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to erode section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The rule change…
Oct 22 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Sierra Club submitted more than 23,900 comments from members and supporters opposing former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s illegal attempt to scrap Section 401 of the Clean…
Oct 18 2019
Richmond, Va. -- Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced an agreement to purchase 420 megawatts of clean energy for the state government’s needs. However, the state’s utility, Dominion Energy,…
Oct 16 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Late yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to halt construction activities along the entire 303-mile…
Oct 15 2019
Shepherdstown, WV -- Hundreds of clean water activists joined hands across the Potomac River on Sunday to protest plans by Columbia Gas to revive a fracked gas pipeline project that has already been…
Oct 11 2019
RICHMOND, VA -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has put a hold on two permits that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) requires to proceed with construction activities. By…
Oct 11 2019
RICHMOND, VA -- Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia announced Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC will pay a $2.15 million penalty and must adhere to additional monitoring and environmental protections in…
Aug 28 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the federal agency tasked with reviewing and approving interstate gas pipelines, requested that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Aug 15 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Just days after a coalition of conservation groups filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), the project’s…