February 2, 2022
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit invalidated the biological opinion and incidental take statement issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
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January 31, 2022
The Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices, represented by Appalachian Mountain Advocates, moved to intervene in a lawsuit to help defend the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board’s denial of an air permit for the proposed Lambert Compressor station.
January 25, 2022
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit invalidated the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approvals for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
January 13, 2022
CHICAGO, IL (January 13, 2022) - The Illinois 4th District Appellate Court issued its decision in the appeal of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) decision approving the Dakota Access Pipeline and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline expansion. Save Our Illinois Land (SOIL), the Sierra Club, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), and area landowner William Klingele had filed an appeal in January 2021.
January 3, 2022
A new lawsuit filed today challenges West Virginia’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) approval of a key water-quality permit for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. The lawsuit argues that WVDEP’s approval violates the Clean Water Act.
December 30, 2021
Today, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) issued a water quality certification for the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, under section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Planned to run over 300 miles through West Virginia and Virginia, the pipeline would cross hundreds of streams, wetlands and several major rivers that would lead to long-term degradation to water quality.
December 22, 2021
A new legal action filed today challenges Virginia’s State Water Control Board approval of a key water quality permit for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. The petition for review of the project was filed with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
December 14, 2021
Today, the Virginia State Water Control Board approved a water permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) via a 3-2 vote, finalizing state approval for the MVP to build across hundreds of Virginia waterways.
December 3, 2021
Today, in a victory for environmental justice, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted 6-1 to deny the air quality permit for the proposed Lambert Compressor Station. Without this key permit, the Mountain Valley Pipeline and its Southgate extension are unlikely to ever be built.
November 11, 2021
St. Louis, MO - Today elected leaders from the St. Louis region joined environmental organizations in calling for an extension of Spire’s certificate to operate its pipeline throughout the winter season along with robust consumer protections.
November 3, 2021
Environmental groups long opposed to Line 3 are urging state and federal agencies to step in as pollution along the Line 3 route continues to surface. Construction of the tar sands pipeline was completed in September, but as the weather has shifted, spilled drilling fluid has continued to emerge along the pipeline route.
October 8, 2021
This week, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed 46 counts of environmental crimes against Energy Transfer for violations during their construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline. A grand jury added two more counts based on a criminal referral from the Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection. The charges stem from the company’s releasing industrial waste at 22 sites across the state that contaminated a number of streams and rivers.