December 4, 2017
A coalition of environmental groups filed letters today urging the Trump administration to analyze the environmental impacts of the approved route for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
pipelines
December 1, 2017
Today, the United States Forest Service issued a decision to allow the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to cross the Jefferson National Forest. In addition to its role in exacerbating climate change, the Sierra Club opposes this pipeline on the grounds that the need for it does not exist, and there is no need to send it through undisturbed portions of the Appalachian Trail and Jefferson National Forest.
December 1, 2017
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee told the American Gas Association’s Natural Gas Roundtable that more focused and sophisticated resistance from environmental organizations was slowing down the approval process for gas infrastructure.
November 27, 2017
Local activists will gather on Thursday at noon to rally outside Wells Fargo’s headquarters in San Francisco and demand that they divest from Keystone XL.
November 22, 2017
Today, a federal judge ruled that a lawsuit brought by environmental and landowner groups over the Trump administration’s approval of the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline can proceed. The decision rejects attempts by the administration and TransCanada, the company behind the proposed pipeline, to have the lawsuit thrown out.
November 21, 2017
Just a few months after winning the landmark Sabal Trail case, the Sierra Club filed comments slamming the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for failing to comply with the court’s decision.
November 20, 2017
Lincoln, NE -- The Nebraska Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision today on the route permit for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a serious setback for TransCanada, the company behind the proposed project.
November 20, 2017
Lincoln, NE -- Today, the Nebraska Public Service Commission rejected TransCanada’s preferred route for the Keystone XL pipeline, instead granting a conditional approval along a route the company claimed would be unworkable. The permit would allow TransCanada to build the tar sands pipeline partly along the route of an existing pipeline, Keystone I, rather than entirely along its preferred route.
November 17, 2017
As evidentiary hearings on Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 tar sands pipeline close today, attorneys and expert witnesses gathered to discuss the impacts the pipeline would have on Minnesota and the climate.
November 16, 2017
Today, the United States Forest Service issued a decision to allow the fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to proceed. The Sierra Club will challenge the decision.
November 16, 2017
Ahead of the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s announcement on Monday whether or not to allow TransCanada to build its proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through the state, TransCanada’s original Keystone pipeline has sprung yet another leak in South Dakota. Crews are currently working to clean up the spill, which leaked at least 210,000 gallons of oil into the surrounding area.
November 16, 2017
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected New York’s request for a rehearing and stay of FERC’s September 15, 2017 Declaratory Order, which found that New York waived its authority to issue a water quality certification for the Valley Lateral Project. Simultaneously, FERC denied New York’s Request for Stay of the Notice to Proceed.