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May 25, 2021

Democrats in the Pennsylvania State Senate introduced a package of bills designed to address the harms of the fracking industry

May 4, 2021

Equitrans Midstream Corporation announced that they were delaying the in-service date and raising the total cost of the fracked gas MVP yet again

April 29, 2021

NCDEQ announced its second rejection of MVP's efforts to extend into NC

February 25, 2021

the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) voted 4-0, with the federal government abstaining, to outlaw all fracking operations in the Delaware River Basin

February 24, 2021

investors representing $244.9 billion in assets under management sent letters to ten of the biggest banks in America urging them to stop funding the controversial fracked gas MVP

February 21, 2021

a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition

February 5, 2021

DEQ will host a virtual public hearing Monday on whether to grant an air permit for the extension of the controversial MVP

February 4, 2021

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 waterways and killing fish

January 27, 2021

Maryland Board of Public Works granted a wetlands license for the construction of another controversial fracked gas pipeline

January 27, 2021

As part of promised swift action on the climate, today the Biden Administration is expected to announce it will pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters, review existing leases and permits, and increase offshore wind renewable energy development. Taken together with the existing 60-day pause on fossil fuel development, which includes an examination of the federal coal leasing program, the order makes significant progress in addressing climate emissions from public lands.

January 11, 2021

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

January 6, 2021

Conservation groups finalized an agreement with the Bureau of Land Management today that blocks drilling on more than 45,000 acres of oil and gas leases until officials revise land-management plans governing approximately 2 million acres of public lands in western Colorado.