March 7, 2018
Yesterday, footage released by Earthworks revealed the extent of a massive methane disaster at an exploded XTO oil and gas site in Belmont County, Ohio.
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March 7, 2018
The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement has asked its full commission to force fossil fuel giant Sunoco to shut down its Mariner East 1 liquid gas pipeline.
February 28, 2018
Today, N.C. Policy Watch is reporting that a contractor hired by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (a Duke Energy project) is operating without a valid license.
February 27, 2018
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality granted a crucial air quality permit to the builders of the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline, allowing them to build a compressor station in Northampton County.
February 23, 2018
A coalition asked the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to order Mountain Valley Pipeline to stay out of West Virginia streams until a decision is made on their appeal from last week. The groups made the request today because MVP is ineligible to use the streamlined stream crossing permit offered to it by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
February 22, 2018
Last night, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California rejected the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) suspension of a key safeguard that would limit methane pollution from oil and gas drilling operations on public lands.
February 13, 2018
In a statement released late last week, Governor Jay Inslee backed off his previous support of the proposed Kalama methanol project, noting the importance of “a rigorous environmental review process.”
Clean Water Advocates Challenge Army Corps of Engineers on Fracked Gas Pipeline Water Quality Review
February 13, 2018
A coalition of clean water advocates filed a suit contending the United States Army Corps of Engineers improperly issued a crucial permit for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
February 12, 2018
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a proposal to gut a key safeguard that would limit methane pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. This is the first major air rule proposal to come out of the Trump administration.
February 9, 2018
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) filed a letter revealing that on January 22, there was a leak from two tanks at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
February 7, 2018
Today, the Sierra Club presented arguments to the Florida Supreme Court in a case seeking to reverse the Florida Public Service Commission’s (PSC) approval of a rate hike for Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) buildout of gas-burning peaker power plants in South Florida.
February 6, 2018
Late Friday, the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of a coalition of environmental and community groups, filed a reply in support of their motion for a stay of construction of the fracked gas Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline