The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline.
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Conservation groups ask federal court of appeals to review key Cumberland Pipeline permit
TAGS: 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appalachian mountain advocates Cumberland Fossil Plant Cumberland Pipeline Sierra Club Southern Environmental Law Center Tennessee Gas Pipeline Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal court stays Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biological opinion again
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit issued a stay of the biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appalachian mountain advocates Center for Biological Diversity Chesapeake Climate Action Network Endangered Species Act Indian Creek Watershed Association Jefferson National Forest mountain valley pipeline Preserve Bent Mountain Preserve Giles Sierra Club U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginia Rivers Coalition Wild Virginia
Lawsuit launched to protect endangered West Virginia species from coal hauling
Conservation groups intend to sue the U.S. Forest Service over the agency’s failure to protect several endangered species from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest. The suit would also protect the species’ critical habitats.
TAGS: appalachian mountain advocates candy darter Center for Biological Diversity coal hauling Endangered Species Act Freshwater Mussels Greenbrier River Watershed Association Indiana bats Kanawha Forest Coalition Laurel Creek Monongahela National Forest Sierra Club South Fork Cherry River upper gauley watershed West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Groups File Legal Challenge to the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Biological Opinion
Today, environmental organizations filed a petition for review in federal court challenging a recently issued new biological opinion and incidental take statement under the Endangered Species Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appalachian mountain advocates mountain valley pipeline Sierra Club U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wild Virginia
Court vacates critical West Virginia water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Today, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit vacated the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Clean Water Act § 401 certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, finding that the agency’s justification behind its conclusion that the pipeline would not violate the state’s water quality standards was deficient.
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 7 Directions of Service appalachian mountain advocates Clean Water Act mountain valley pipeline POWHR Coalition West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
New film highlights West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina communities that helped stop pipeline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2023 CONTACT Jessica Sims, jessica@appvoices.org, 804-356-1228 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Appalachian Voices and the Southern Environmental Law Center announce an upcoming screening of the documentary film “Not On This Land: The Fight Against the Atlantic Coast…
TAGS: appalachian mountain advocates Atlantic Coast Pipeline Christopher Landry Not On This Land Southern Environmental Law Center The Paramount Theater
In yet another significant blow to MVP, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signals stream crossing permit will be indefinitely delayed
CONTACT: Dan Radmacher, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org Morgan Caplan, (443) 986-1221, Morgan.Caplan@sierraclub.org Washington, DC — This week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers committed to withhold a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) at least…
TAGS: appalachian mountain advocates Clean Water Act Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals mountain valley pipeline Sierra Club U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental groups seek to defend Virginia’s denial of air permit for MVP in court
Richmond, VA — 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. If built, the station would connect the beleaguered Mountain Valley Pipeline to the proposed “Southgate” extension into North Carolina. The conservation groups filed the motion in response to a lawsuit by the Mountain Valley Pipeline that seeks to reverse the board’s decision.
TAGS: air pollution control board appalachian mountain advocates Lambert Compressor Station mountain valley pipeline Sierra Club Virginia
Mountain Valley Pipeline faces new legal challenge to water permit
Richmond, VA — 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.
TAGS: appalachian mountain advocates lawsuit mountain valley pipeline Southern Environmental Law Center State water control board Virginia
FERC faces another legal challenge over Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Charlottesville, VA— The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed a challenge in federal court on behalf of 11 conservation groups, including Appalachian Voices, challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to permit the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. “FERC…
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