Judges Revoke Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permits

Judges Revoke Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permits

Another week, another victory for opponents of pipelines in the Appalachian Mountains. On Monday, a three-judge panel invalidated two key permits for the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline on grounds that they would violate the Endangered Species Act and run afoul of...
Judges Rule Against Pipeline

Judges Rule Against Pipeline

Prospects for a new natural gas pipeline that would span a 3.6-mile stretch of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia are unclear after a three-judge panel ruled on Friday in favor of activists who hope to stop the project. Construction has begun on the 303-mile...
BLM Delays Offering Oil and Gas Leases in Colorado

BLM Delays Offering Oil and Gas Leases in Colorado

Officials with the Bureau of Land Management will consult with the Navajo Nation before moving forward with plans to open more than 18,000 acres to oil and gas drilling in Colorado. The agency had planned to offer the tracts, which are on the doorstep of Great Sand...
Forest Service to Give Nestlé New Permit

Forest Service to Give Nestlé New Permit

The Forest Service yesterday agreed to issue a new permit to Nestlé, allowing the world’s largest water-bottling company to continue to remove millions of gallons each year from a creek on California’s San Bernardino National Forest. Joseph Rechsteiner, district...