Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for failing to protect streams in the Cherry River watershed from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the Monongahela National Forest.
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Lawsuit seeks to protect candy darter from West Virginia coal hauling
TAGS: candy darter Center for Biological Diversity Cherry River watershed Endangered Species Act Monongahela National Forest U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Lawsuit filed to save imperiled Appalachian species from coal mining
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2023 CONTACT Perrin de Jong, Center for Biological Diversity, (828) 595-1862, perrin@biologicaldiversity.org Dan Radmacher, Appalachian Voices, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices today sued the U.S. Office…
TAGS: big sandy crayfish candy darter Center for Biological Diversity Endangered Species Act guyandotte river crayfish U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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
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
Lawsuit launched to protect endangered crayfish pushed to the brink of extinction by coal mining in Appalachia
The Center for Biological Diversity and Appalachian Voices filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failure to protect the endangered Guyandotte River crayfish and the threatened Big Sandy crayfish from coal mining pollution. Both species are protected under the Endangered Species Act.
TAGS: big sandy crayfish Center for Biological Diversity Endangered Species Act U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Statement from Appalachian Voices on U.S. Fish and Wildlife biological opinion for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Today, for the third time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a Biological Opinion and Incidental Take Statement for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, one of several authorizations necessary under federal law to allow construction of the project.
TAGS: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals candy darter Endangered Species Act mountain valley pipeline U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
As comment deadlines come to a close, more than 40,000 voice opposition to new Mountain Valley Pipeline federal permits
In response to the U.S. Forest Service’s intention to break 11 of its own rules for the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline, over 30,000 individuals and organizations submitted their opposition to the agency’s plan ahead of a February 21 deadline.
TAGS: 7 Directions of Service mountain valley pipeline U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service
FERC grants Mountain Valley Pipeline four more years to complete project
The agency had previously granted an extension request in 2020, but the total length of the certificate, nine years, reflects the ongoing roadblocks and volatility of the project. In the motion, the FERC acknowledged “the validity of our conclusions and environmental conditions cannot be sustained indefinitely.” Yet, their decision to grant a seemingly open-ended certificate renewal contradicts this statement.
TAGS: Bureau of Land Management Federal Energy Regulatory Commission mountain valley pipeline POWHR Coalition U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Forest Service
Statement: MVP faces more delay and expense
CONTACT: Dan Radmacher, (540) 798-6683), dan@appvoices.org Today, the lead partner in Mountain Valley Pipeline announced that project developers would once more seek permits from the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rather than appealing the 4th U.S.…
