Energy regulator approves Saguaro Connector Feb. 15, which would send 2.8 billion cu ft of gas per day from Pecos County, Texas into Mexico for overseas LNG shipment noting independence from US Energy Dept. on export decisions.
For Immediate Release, May 3, 2021
Contact: Liz Doherty, Sierra Club, (978) 578-3699, liz.doherty@sierraclub.org Maia Raposo, Waterkeeper Alliance, (917) 740-6545, mraposo@waterkeeper.org Hallie Templeton, Friends of the Earth, (434) 326-4647, htempleton@foe.org
Army Corps Sued for Failure to Protect Waterways, Endangered Wildlife From Pipeline Construction
Nationwide Permit 12 Greenlights Environmental Destruction
GREAT FALLS,
Mont. Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a nationwide permit that allows streamlined development of oil and gas pipelines through wetlands, streams and rivers. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Montana by the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Waterkeeper Alliance and Montana Environmental Information Center.
GREAT FALLS, Mont
. Environmental groups filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a nationwide permit that allows streamlined development of oil and gas pipelines through wetlands, streams and rivers. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Montana by the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Waterkeeper Alliance and Montana Environmental Information Center.
In reissuing Nationwide Permit 12, during the final days of the Trump administration, the Corps failed to analyze the environmental impacts of pipelines, including from oil spills and the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of waterways relied on by people and endangered wildlife.