March 26, 2018
Yesterday evening, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced they had approved the Erosion and Sediment, Stormwater, and Karst Plans for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline
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March 26, 2018
The Sierra Club filed its opening brief in an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court. It's the next step in the effort to ensure a deal for fracked gas shipping capacity is reviewed for conflicts of interest.
March 15, 2018
Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) ruled that the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline will be considered adequate, in spite of its failure to address many environmental concerns and the pipeline’s impact on tribal communities and cultural resources.
March 15, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order reinstating certificate authorization for the fracked gas Sabal Trail pipeline. This decision effectively means the pipeline can continue operating.
March 14, 2018
Virginia ratepayers could pay as much as $2.3 billion for Dominion’s planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline, according to evidence the State Corporation Commission accepted for consideration after the SCC rejected Dominion’s request to strike the testimony of an expert.
March 8, 2018
A coalition of environmental advocates filed two requests to stop construction of the controversial fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
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
Today, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced that they have rejected a motion that would have allowed them to ensure that Tribal concerns were being adequately considered in their review of the controversial proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
February 21, 2018
When Donald Trump reversed the rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, he touted his plan to require that the pipeline be built using only American-made steel. Since then, the commitment to American steel has been dropped from his stump speech, and the administration’s recently released infrastructure plan includes nothing about requiring American steel in pipelines.