Criminal Charges Filed Against Energy Transfer for Environmental Crimes in Pennsylvania

Energy Transfer is Charged for Environmental Crimes in Construction of Mariner East 2 Pipeline in Pennsylvania. It also owns Dakota Access Pipeline.

AG Shapiro Charges Mariner East Developer With Environmental Crimes

OCTOBER 5, 2021 | TOPIC: CRIMINAL

Attorney General's Statement 

Homeowners Across Commonwealth Impacted By Unreported Losses of Drilling Fluid, Contaminated Drinking Water

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DOWNINGTOWN—Attorney General Josh Shapiro, in conjunction with the 45th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, today announced that the Office of Attorney General’s Environmental Crimes Section has charged Energy Transfer, L.P. (Energy Transfer), the corporate successor to Sunoco Pipeline L.P., with 46 counts of environmental crimes for their conduct during the construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline.

Two additional counts were added, after the Grand Jury had concluded, bringing the total to 48 counts based on a criminal referral from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection.
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Legal Petition Demands Biden Stop Unlawful Fossil Fuel Projects and U.S. Army Corps Halt Approvals

“President Biden, do your job,” said Gaagigeyaashiik (Dawn Goodwin), cofounder of the RISE Coalition and White Earth Tribe member organizing against the Line 3 pipeline. “Protect our homelands, that is what this is all about. We need to protect what we have left for future generations.”

Legal Petition Demands Biden Administration Stop Unlawful Fossil Fuel Projects

More Than 300 Groups Demand Halt to U.S. Army Corps Approvals

Contact: Kassie Siegel, Center for Biological Diversity ksiegel@biologicaldiversity.org
John Beard, Jr., Port Arthur Community Action Network john.beard901456@outlook.com
Sharon Lavigne, RISE St. James sharonclavigne@gmail.com
Dawn Goodwin, RISE Coalition dawngoody_1@yahoo.com

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Oct. 6, 2021

WASHINGTON— More than 380 environmental, public health, Indigenous, faith-based and community groups sent a legal petition today demanding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stop issuing permits, and revoke illegally and inappropriately issued permits, for fossil fuel infrastructure projects.

Coming in the wake of a massive oil pipeline leak off the Southern California coast, the petition calls on the Army Corps to immediately halt new permits for fossil fuel infrastructure and develop a rule that permanently ends their approval.

“This petition gives Biden the roadmap to keep his promises to address the climate emergency and advance environmental justice,” said Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute. “Biden doesn’t have to choose between doing what’s right on climate and following the law. He has to do both, and we’re showing him how.”

'It's Time for a Just and Equitable Transition' Dine' tell Arizona Corporation Commission: Photo Essay by Tó Nizhóní Ání

'It's Time for a Just and Equitable Transition' Dine' tell Arizona Corporation Commission

Photos by Tó Nizhóní Ání

(Top photo) At the Arizona Corporation Commission in Phoenix on Monday, Lorraine Herder and Edith Simonson, Black Mesa sheepherders and weavers, carry a sign that reads, "50 YEARS OF INJUSTICE. ACC: TIME TO GIVE BACK!" Lorraine and Edith, like many elders on Black Mesa, have seen tremendous changes during their lifetime. From the disappearance of the seeps and springs in their community to the lack of precipitation today. They are here to ensure communities like theirs get the Just & Equitable Transition they need.

Black Mesa youth holding a sign that reads "FIRST COAL MINING, NOW CLIMATE CHANGE."

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Nicole Horseherder holding up a piece of coal while talking about it's history and impacts on Black Mesa and in the Southwest.

Chili Yazzie of Shiprock, New Mexico, shares his story and experiences of climate change and industry impacts in the Four Corners region and why JET is important for coal-impacted communities. "Ahéhee' Chili for your words and support!" -- Tó Nizhóní Ání

Fossil Fuels have Failed the Navajo Economy -- Hydrogen Projects are False Green Solution

Hoodoos in Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness, San Juan County, New Mexico

New Mexico groups to lawmakers:
Fossil-fueled hydrogen is a climate threat, not a solution

By New Mexico Coalition

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"The Navajo Nation is a testament to how the fossil fuel industries have failed the economy, the environment and the people. If hydrogen further exacerbates the climate crisis we are experiencing on the Navajo Nation already, then Navajo has no business pursuing, investing in, or endorsing hydrogen." Jessica Keetso, Tó Nizhóní Ání organizer.

On Tuesday, a coalition of New Mexico community, environmental, and justice organizations warned state and federal lawmakers of the risks of diving head-first into fossil-fueled hydrogen projects. The groups’ letter provides guidance on the context and safeguards that must be enacted before hydrogen projects are considered in the San Juan Basin, and in New Mexico generally.