CONNECTICUT — As Big Oil lobbies Congress and the Trump administration for legal immunity from laws and lawsuits aiming to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis, 78 Connecticut organizations are calling on federal leaders to ensure that states and communities can continue to hold polluters accountable.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the EPA finalized its first reconsideration of the 2024 methane rule, an action that will increase gas flaring at oil wells and increase climate and air pollution. Finalized by the EPA in December 2023 following a robust comment period, the methane pollution standards represented a major win for climate and public health – introducing the first-ever requirements for existing equipment while strengthening standards for new sources all at a reasonable cost.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, seven conservation and community groups filed a court challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) authorization for Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, to construct the MVP Southgate gas pipeline. The petition for review, filed by the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), Appalachian Mountain Advocates, and Sierra Club in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, asks the court to vacate the amended certificate of convenience and public necessity issued by FERC in December 2025.
RALEIGH, N.C. – Today, a group of clean air and water advocates announced the launch of the NC Pipeline Watch to monitor construction of the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project pipeline (SSEP).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups filed a request for rehearing for the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, an interstate pipeline proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC. The Corps’ permit, issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, authorizes Transco to cut crossings through more than 150 streams and wetlands.
Last week, Sierra Club joined partners from across the country for a “Make Polluters Pay” Week of Action, a coordinated set of advocacy actions and events dedicated to holding Big Oil and Gas companies accountable for their climate mess. The week of action included rallies, press conferences, petition deliveries, meetings with legislators about state climate superfund laws, social media sharing, and more.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorized the dangerous, expensive, and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
Today, the Trump administration announced a plan to limit the authority of states and tribes to protect clean water from pollution resulting from pipelines and other major infrastructure projects during the permitting process.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Today, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has approved the water and air permits for Transco’s proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project pipeline.
CAMERON PARISH, La. - Today, three environmental groups filed a challenge to the reissued coastal use permit for the proposed Commonwealth LNG export facility.
Today, the House of Representatives passed the “Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act,” or the SPEED Act. Rather than fixing the real barriers slowing clean energy projects, the SPEED Act weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in ways that would do little to lower costs or accelerate clean energy, while making it easier for polluting projects to move forward without accountability.