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DivestMVP Orgs and Their 7,600,000 Members Highlight “Financial and Reputational Risk” of MVP
PEMBROKE, VA Today, a group of environmental and financial organizations announced the launch of the DivestMVP coalition.
The organizations, which collectively represent over 7,600,000 members and supporters, are highlighting the financial instability of the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline and why it is such a risky bet for investors. DivestMVP will hold an introductory webinar this Thursday, February 25, at 6:00pm ET to brief supporters on the campaign.
The controversial project is over three years behind schedule and has nearly doubled its original budget, the result of a rushed and shoddy permitting process that has not withstood legal challenges. In addition to the extraordinary delays and cost overruns, regulators have imposed millions of dollars in penalties on MVP for violating over 350 environmental and water protec
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Appeals Court Rebuffs Enviro Groups, Keeps MVP Authorizations in Place
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Friday rebuffed a challenge mounted by environmental groups seeking to stop Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC from restarting construction in areas reauthorized by FERC.
A coalition including the Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network late last month filed an emergency motion asking the court to stay recent orders from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission clearing MVP to resume construction along much of the route outside of a portion near the Jefferson National Forest.
The groups also asked the D.C. Circuit to stay FERC’s decision to grant a two-year extension of the original deadline for the project to complete construction.
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Climate activists nationwide take ‘polar bear plunge’ to push Congress to adopt President Biden’s plan for 100% clean electricity by 2035
Congressman Don McEachin (D-Va), Bill Mckibben, and the Rev. Lennox Yearwood lead the kickoff rally participants plunged into rivers, ponds and backyard pools from coast-to-coast.
TAKOMA PARK, MD – Climate activists nationwide take the “polar bear plunge” on Saturday to call on Congress to immediately adopt President Joe
Biden’s plan for 100% clean electricity by 2035. In this first-ever
national plunge for climate action, participants dipped into rivers,
ponds and backyard pools after a virtual rally led by Congressman Don
McEachin (D-Va), author Bill McKibben, and the Rev. Lennox Yearwood of
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The blizzard of federal climate initiatives last week (a blizzard that might help allow actual blizzards to persist into the future) is without precedent. For the first time in the thirty-plus years of our awareness of the climate crisis, Washington roused itself to urgent action; veterans of the cautious Obama Administrationâthe domestic climate adviser Gina McCarthy and the global climate czar John Kerry chief among themâwere suddenly going for broke. In fact, only one branch of the Cabinet seemed conspicuous by its muted presence: the Department of Agriculture, which has responsibility for the nationâs farms and for many of its forestsâthat is, for the natural features that will either speed or slow the flow of carbon into the atmosphere.