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Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac
From Hancock to the Bay, Maryland citizens are rising up to resist pipelines in their communities. This summer in Maryland, we’ll be camping out to protect our water and STOP TransCanada from building...
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ACT TODAY! Ask Virginia to Reject Atlantic Coast Pipeline
We need to act fast! The proposed 600-mile fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is on its way to being built – unless we all work together to stop this unnecessary and economically and...
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Major Environmental Groups Urge MDE to Investigate Full Risks of Pipeline
Alarmed with the Potential Detriment to the Environment, Coalition Calls for Assessment, Rejection of TransCanada’s Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project Baltimore, MD — On Tuesday August 8, a letter...
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FERC Must Consider ‘Indirect Effects’ of Climate Change Impacts of Pipelines...
In late August, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of a Southeastern natural gas pipeline under the National...
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Waterkeepers Reject the Federal Approval of Atlantic Coast and Mountain...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rubberstamps Pipelines, Ignoring Strong Evidence of Significant Harm & Lack of Need Waterkeepers Chesapeake, a coalition of nineteen independent Waterkeeper...
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Public Hearings & Rallies to Stop Toxic Coal Ash & Fracked Gas Pipelines
Dec. 4th Public Meeting & Rally on Coal Ash Disposal in Virginia Back in April, Governor McAuliffe put the brakes on issuing coal ash solid waste permits to Dominion for at least a year so the...
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Add Your Voice to Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac!
TransCanada wants to build a fracked-gas pipeline underneath our treasured Potomac River and C&O Canal. This company has shown its reckless disregard for public safety and the environment, and now...
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Waterkeepers Call on Hogan Administration to Protect Potomac River from...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake, representing 19 Riverkeepers, Waterkeepers and Coastkeepers across the Chesapeake Bay region, are concerned about the health of the Potomac River watershed, which provides...
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March in Annapolis to Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac!
Maryland has until March to issue a decision about TransCanada’s application to build a fracked gas pipeline under the Potomac River. That’s less than two months away, yet the Maryland Department of...
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Waterkeepers Denounce Maryland’s Decision Waiving Permit for Drilling Under...
Needs to Consider Risk of Spill to Drinking Water for Six Million In comments filed, Waterkeepers Chesapeake joined several groups in calling on the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) to deny a...
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Federal Environmental Review of TransCanada Pipeline Under the Potomac...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Potomac Riverkeeper Network and other partners submitted comments on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Environmental Assessment (EA) of TransCanada’s proposed...
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Virginia Must Protect Our Water from Fracked Gas Pipelines!
Can you imagine what our recent torrential thunderstorms are doing to the exposed terrain and rivers and streams along the paths of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline...
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Waterkeepers Call for Stream-by-Stream Review of Two Huge Gas Pipelines in...
Virginia’s State Water Control Board invited the public to submit new comments on two massive natural gas pipelines that will impact Virginia’s waterways. Waterkeepers Chesapeake were among over 13,000...
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Planned Fracked Gas Pipelines Will Crisscross Our Watershed
Efforts continue to stop two huge pipelines that will cut through the region: the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline. There are several legal challenges pending on both pipelines...
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Fracked Gas Pipeline Under Potomac River Receives FERC Stamp of Approval
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rubberstamps Another Pipeline, Ignoring Science and Local Opposition The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 19, 2018, approved TransCanada’s...
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Governor Hogan Joins In Unanimous Vote Against Permit for “Potomac Pipeline”
Vote Could Stop Controversial Fracked Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac River In a surprising move, Governor Hogan joined other Maryland Board of Public Works members in voting to reject a permit...
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Advocates Introduce Legislation to Protect Maryland Waters from Fracked Gas...
Sen. Zirkin, Del. Fraser-Hidalgo Sponsor Pipeline and Water Protection Act Last week, the Maryland Pipeline and Water Protection Act (PAWPA) was introduced, the latest move to protect Maryland’s waters...
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Take Action to Protect Our Water from Fracked Gas Pipelines!
Natural gas pipelines carrying fracked gas from other states are being proposed across Maryland – from the mountains in the west to the Eastern Shore. This expansion of fracked gas infrastructure poses...
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