La Oficina Federal de Gestión de Terrenos Anunció que reanudará el arrendamiento para explotaciones de petróleo y gas en terrenos públicos, violando una promesa electoral de acabar con esta práctica e incumpliendo la promesa de reducir las emisiones de efecto invernadero.
Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG fracked gas export terminal will not reach its final investment decision (FID) until late 2022 or as late as 2023. Port Arthur LNG was initially expected to reach FID in 2019.
Late last Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) request to bore under 183 streams and wetlands at 120 locations in Virginia and West Virginia.
Rio Grande LNG, a fracked gas export terminal proposed for construction in South Texas, requested an extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the facility to come online in 2028. Rio Grande LNG was initially expecting to be operational by 2026.
Washington, DC — Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Mountain Valley Pipeline’s rehearing request on the court’s decision invalidating the biological opinion and incidental take statement issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. The court originally found that the agency failed to adequately analyze the project's environmental context when assessing the detrimental impacts to the Roanoke logperch and the candy darter, a species on the brink of extinction.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit granted Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC’s motion to dismiss its appeal of the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board’s decision to deny the company’s requested minor source air permit for the Lambert Compressor Station.
This morning, President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the development of plans to help the EU end its reliance on Russian gas in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The announcement lays out strategies to both expand the supply of US-produced gas to Europe and to reduce Europe’s need for fossil fuels. Gulf Coast communities are speaking out against any plans the Task Force may develop to expand gas exports as this will endanger their communities and environment, which are already overburdened by industry presence.
El Presidente Biden y la presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen anunciaron hoy el desarrollo de planes para ayudar a la Unión Europea a acabar con su dependencia de gas fósil ruso en respuesta de la invasión de este país a Ucrania.
Early this morning, President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the development of plans to help the EU end its reliance on Russian gas in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The announcement lays out strategies to both expand the supply of US-produced gas to Europe and reduce Europe’s need for fossil fuels, though the latter is light on details about how this would be achieved or whether it includes investments in false solutions like blue hydrogen.
A crowd of 50 people descended on the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality public hearing last night, urging regulators to defend the Louisiana coast and reject plans to issue an air permit to the Commonwealth gas export facility.
New York — On Tuesday night, New York residents and elected officials made it clear: the public stands behind the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s denial of NRG’s proposed gas-fired power plant in Astoria, Queens.
Glendale, CA – Last night, the Glendale City Council voted to modify the Grayson Repowering Project by directing Glendale Water and Power to prepare the Grayson site for construction of new gas-combustion power plants, but to delay the actual purchase of any new gas units.