The Sierra Club and allied groups filed an emergency motion for stay in federal court to stop ongoing construction of the fracked gas Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline while legal challenges to it are being decided. FERC is seeking to rush construction without allowing for appropriate judicial review.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality announced it has asked the builders of the proposed fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline for additional information on the project.
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals today granted an unusual request from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) - to throw out DEP’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and let them start anew.
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), after recently regaining a quorum, granted federal approval for the fracked gas Atlantic Coast (ACP) and Mountain Valley (MVP) pipelines.
Today, attorneys for the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court to ensure that a deal for fracked gas shipping capacity is reviewed for conflicts of interest. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline presents a major conflict of interest because the companies that own the pipeline, including Dominion Energy, also own the utilities that have purchased shipping capacity on the pipeline.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has rejected a vital part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s (ACP) construction process. ACP cannot start construction in North Carolina without DEQ’s approval of this plan and now must either submit a revised plan or contest the rejection.
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California struck down Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke’s attempt to delay a commonsense rule designed to limit methane pollution from oil and gas operations on public lands.
Washington, DC -- In a document that is expected to be officially filed in the Federal Register tomorrow, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will propose a one year delay of a rule designed to limit methane pollution from oil and gas operations on public lands. The rule has already withstood legal challenges, as well as an attempted repeal in Congress.
The Associated Press broke the news that Dan Weekley, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Dominion Energy, told a gathering of fracked gas industry insiders that the company had plans to extend the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline into South Carolina, despite only releasing maps that show it ending in North Carolina. This revelation contradicts not only what Dominion told the public, but what they told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina regulators, as well.
The Sierra Club notified the Wolf administration that Transco has suspended air quality monitoring at two locations during its construction of the fracked gas Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, the Sierra Club filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a challenge to Florida Southeast Connection’s (FSC) request for fast-track authorization to extend the fracked gas Sabal Trail Pipeline, in what is called the Okeechobee lateral project. The project would supply a massive new gas-burning power plant that FSC’s affiliate, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), wants to put into service in 2019.
Today, Appalachian Mountain Advocates (Appalmad), on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a request for rehearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) calling for a new and comprehensive examination of whether the NEXUS fracked gas pipeline is necessary.