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FERC Again Orders Drilling Halt on Rover Pipeline Site After Another Spill

FERC Again Orders Drilling Halt on Rover Pipeline Site After Another Spill

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has again ordered Energy Transfer Partners to halt horizontal directional drilling under the Tuscarawas River in Ohio at its troubled Rover pipeline project pending additional review. The move came after Ohio regulators requested FERC order a cease of all drilling on the project after nearly 150,000 gallons of drilling […]

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    Ohio Sues Pipeline Companies Over Pollution, Residential Construction

    Ohio Sues Pipeline Companies Over Pollution, Residential Construction

    After months of conflict, the state of Ohio officially filed suit against Energy Transfer Partners Friday for pollution caused by its Rover Pipeline. Rover has racked more “noncompliance incidents” than any other interstate gas pipeline and leaked more than two million gallons of drilling mud into protected Ohio wetlands this spring, leading the Federal Energy […]

    Rover Pipeline Spills Water Containing Gasoline Into Michigan Wetlands

    Rover Pipeline Spills Water Containing Gasoline Into Michigan Wetlands

    Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) issued a violation notice to Energy Transfer Partners after its Rover pipeline project spilled water containing gasoline into wetlands near Pinckney. The violation notice was issued after the department’s Water Resources Division (WRD) staff received a complaint on Wednesday regarding a petroleum odor coming from water discharged from the […]

    Dakota Access Pipeline to Remain Operational During Environmental Impact Study

    Dakota Access Pipeline to Remain Operational During Environmental Impact Study

    On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) can continue operating pending an environmental review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe sued the Corps in July 2016, arguing that the pipeline destroyed sacred sites and threatens the water quality of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation […]

    Sunoco Pipeline Spills Drilling Fluid Three Times in Same Area

    Sunoco Pipeline Spills Drilling Fluid Three Times in Same Area

    Sunoco‘s controversial Mariner East 2 pipeline project has racked up even more spills. Pennsylvania’s Daily Local News reported that horizontal directional drilling triggered three releases of drilling fluid around the same site in East Goshen over the span of three days. The “small inadvertent returns”—an industry term for spills—happened twice on Monday and another on […]

    Ohio EPA Hikes Fines Against Rover Pipeline to $2.3 Million

    Ohio EPA Hikes Fines Against Rover Pipeline to $2.3 Million

    The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the state attorney general’s office Wednesday to hold the owners of the troubled Rover natural gas pipeline responsible for $2.3 million dollars in fines. Rover leaked more than 2 million gallons of drilling mud into protected Ohio wetlands this spring, leading the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order […]

    Greenpeace v. Energy Transfer Partners: The Facts

    Greenpeace v. Energy Transfer Partners: The Facts

    By Kelly Mitchell Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace International, and others are facing another meritless attack from Trump’s go-to lawyers in an attempt to silence advocacy work and attack free speech. The latest corporation to sign on to the Kasowitz Benson Torres firm’s bullying tactics is Energy Transfer Partners—the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. In response […]

    Trump Attorney Sues Greenpeace Over Dakota Access Pipeline in $300 Million Racketeering Case

    Trump Attorney Sues Greenpeace Over Dakota Access Pipeline in $300 Million Racketeering Case

    By Steve Horn Energy Transfer Partners, owner of the Dakota Access pipeline, has filed a $300 million Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit against Greenpeace and other environmental groups for their activism against the long-contested North Dakota-to-Illinois project. In its 187-page complaint, Energy Transfer alleges that “putative not-for-profits and rogue eco-terrorist groups who employ […]