Doug Jackson is a senior press secretary for the Sierra Club's Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign.
Dec 4 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a brief contesting FERC’s new policy, announced in a 3-2 decision this May, that it would stop analyzing the full…
Nov 30 2018
Today, Governor Rick Scott and the rest of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board voted unanimously to approve the expansion of fracked gas burning at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) Dania Beach Plant…
Nov 19 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Over 40 landowners and community members gathered in Gibsonville, NC Saturday to determine a strategy for stopping the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate extension.…
Nov 15 2018
RICHMOND, VA -- Today, Gov. Ralph Northam reportedly informed two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board that they would soon be replaced, along with two members of the State Water Control…
Nov 15 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, E&E News reported that 90% of all gas pipeline fires and explosions draw no financial penalty for the corporations responsible. According to the article, only 10% of…
Oct 5 2018
NORFOLK, VA -- Today, at the request of a coalition of clean water advocates including the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, the Army Corps of Engineers suspended a permit that the…
Oct 2 2018
RICHMOND, VA -- Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act for the fracked gas Mountain Valley…
Oct 2 2018
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Gov. Rick Scott, in his role as head of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board, moved a controversial vote to after the election as he seeks a seat in the United States Senate. The…
Sep 25 2018
Richmond, VA— The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a stay of the National Forest Service decisions allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction. The stay puts an immediate stop to any…
Sep 17 2018
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – The National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have issued new permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, according to Atlantic’s filings with FERC today. The…