fracking

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

November 17, 2020

A new report from Oil Change International shows that eight major banks have upped their stakes in the controversial fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, even though the project is years behind schedule, has nearly doubled its original budget, and is nowhere close to finished

October 9, 2020

FERC granted MVP permission to resume construction, even though the beleaguered fracked gas project still lacks some necessary authorizations

August 25, 2020

MVP asked FERC for two more years to complete the project

August 19, 2020

DENVER— Climate groups sued the Trump administration today over its plan to expand drilling, fracking and mining across 1.7 million acres of public lands in southwestern Colorado, one of the fastest-warming regions in the nation. 

August 11, 2020

NC DEQ rejected the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s efforts to extend into North Carolina

August 6, 2020

Duluth, MN -- Sierra Club members and communities from around the Twin Ports are voicing their opposition to a proposed fracked gas power plant in Superior, Wisconsin. Investor-owned utilities Dairyland Power (WI) and Minnesota Power (MN) are seeking permission to build the plant and must receive approval from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Right now, the Wisconsin DNR is reviewing the utilities’ request for an air permit.

July 23, 2020

HARRISBURG, PA. -- Today, Governor Tom Wolf signed HB 732 into law, giving dirty industries financial incentives and further encouraging the expansion of fracking. The law will provide over $690 million in tax credits over 26 years. As a result, petrochemical and fossil fuel companies are incentivized to ramp up operations, leading to more pollution and dirty infrastructure. 

July 14, 2020

Daelim Chemical USA LLC announced they will not move forward with their proposed PTT Global Chemical ethane cracker project

June 25, 2020

Pa. A.G. Josh Shapiro announced the results of a grand jury report on the harms of fracking, and had scathing words for fracking companies and Pa.'s DEP.

June 18, 2020

FERC conditionally approved MVP’s request to extend its controversial fracked gas pipeline into North Carolina

June 15, 2020

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that limited the U.S. Forest Service’s authority to issue a permit to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP)