BOSTON, MA. – On Tuesday June 6, nine influential state environmental groups hosted a well-attended legislative briefing covering bills that, if passed, will establish a moratorium on new, large gas infrastructure and a climate change superfund of $75 billion over 25 years from profits of Massachusetts’ big corporate polluters.
Organizations Challenge FERC for Approving Several LNG Projects in the Rio Grande Valley and Southwest Louisiana
NEW YORK – On Thursday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the 2023-2024 State Budget into law. Notably, the budget marks the passage of a first-of-its-kind statewide fossil fuel ban in new construction starting in 2026. The budget also includes $400 million in funding for the Environmental Protection Fund, the addition of over 265 jobs across multiple environmental agencies, and other environmental victories.
Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Conservation Law Foundation filed a protest on Friday at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), regarding a plan by New England’s grid operator, ISO New England (ISO-NE), that would increase costs to consumers because of the region’s overreliance on methane gas for power generation.
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about the impact the Mountain Valley Pipeline project can have to support the US energy security and supply.
The Department of Energy has denied a second request from the developers of the proposed Lake Charles LNG export facility to extend their deadline for beginning to ship gas abroad, likely spelling the end for the controversial methane gas project. DOE also issued a policy statement, to be published in the federal register, stating that the department will be more stringent with extension requests going forward.
En su análisis más completo sobre este crucial problema, 625 organizaciones de 75 países emitieron la 14a Edición del Reporte sobre Financiación del Caos Climático.
Today, environmental organizations filed a petition for review in federal court challenging a recently issued new biological opinion (BiOp) and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has thrown out a crucial permit that the fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline needs to proceed with construction activities in West Virginia streams and wetlands.
Permit would allow MVP to disregard water quality protections that will have lasting effects on Virginia waterways
Tras años de activismo en Estados Unidos y Europa, el bando francés Société Générale confirmó anoche que ha retirado su apoyo financiero al altamente controvertido proyecto Rio Grande LNG de gas fósil en el puerto de Brownsville.
Cameron Parish, LA - Yesterday evening, Sierra Club, on behalf of itself and Center for Biological Diversity, Healthy Gulf, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, and Turtle Island Restoration Network, filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for approving another methane gas expor