Today, a coalition of water and environmental justice advocates released a study, conducted by the Applied Economics Clinic (AEC), showing Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) “has not provided convincing evidence” of a need for the MVP extension
This weekend, it was reported that an inspection by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) revealed that TC Energy - formerly TransCanada - likely violated pipeline safety standards by failing to provide suitable coating material at numerous locations along the Keystone Pipeline, the southern leg of the company’s controversial proposed Keystone XL.
Today, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a permit that the ACP needs to continue construction
Today, Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined the growing movement in Minnesota and across the country opposing Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline. If built, Line 3 would cross through critical ecological and cultural resources, threatening Minnesota’s land, clean water, Tribal sovereignty, and our climate.
Ignoring risks to native people, climate and the Salish Sea, the Canadian government today formally approved an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Today, Minnesotans and allied organizations with over 17,000 petition signatures from over 460 towns, cities, and municipalities across Minnesota gathered at Governor Tim Walz’s office in the State Capitol to urge his administration to stop the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
Just a day after the Department of Energy referred to fracked gas as “freedom gas” and announced its intent to push a “regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported,” the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has doubled down on that concept.
Trump DOE announced a commitment to “spreading freedom gas throughout the world” and its intent to push a “regulatory system that allows for molecules of U.S. freedom to be exported.”
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Rio Grande LNG fracked gas export terminal and the 135 mile-long Rio Bravo Pipeline. Rio Grande LNG is one of three fracked gas export terminals proposed for the Rio Grande Valley, none of which have been approved.
Today, opponents of Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline filed multiple lawsuits with the Court of Appeals challenging the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approval of a certificate of need permit for the project.
Today, only miles from two recent environmental tragedies, Donald Trump signed an executive order that would erode bedrock protections for water and communities while seeking to roll back commonsense safeguards contained in the Clean Water Act
Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good conceded that because “Atlantic Coast pipeline was sized and designed with a time frame,” the energy giant may need to move on to another project