December 13, 2018
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the US Forest Service’s federal approval for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests and the Appalachian Trail.
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December 7, 2018
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP) notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is stopping all work along the entirety of its 600-mile route
December 7, 2018
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced they are suing the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) for repeated violations of common-sense environmental protections.
December 4, 2018
Earthjustice, on behalf of the Sierra Club, filed a brief contesting FERC’s new policy that it would stop analyzing the full range of climate impacts of gas pipeline projects
November 30, 2018
Governor Rick Scott and the rest of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board voted unanimously to approve the expansion of fracked gas burning at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) Dania Beach Plant
November 19, 2018
Over 40 landowners and community members gathered in Gibsonville, NC Saturday to determine a strategy for stopping the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate extension.
November 15, 2018
Gov. Ralph Northam reportedly informed two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board that they would soon be replaced
November 15, 2018
90% of all gas pipeline fires and explosions draw no financial penalty for the corporations responsible
November 8, 2018
The 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an order staying a permit that authorized the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to blast through streams and rivers in the Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia.
October 5, 2018
Today, at the request of a coalition of clean water advocates including the Sierra Club and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, the Army Corps of Engineers suspended a permit that the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) must have in order to build through waterways in Virginia.
October 2, 2018
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water Act for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
October 2, 2018
Gov. Rick Scott, in his role as head of the Florida Power Plant Siting Board, moved a controversial vote to after the election as he seeks a seat in the United States Senate.