Residents of Virginia and West Virginia opened up a new front today in their fight to stop the 301-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline: targeting the major U.S. ‘main street’ banks on tap to finance the fracked-gas project’s $3.5 billion price tag. The banks are identified in a new analysis released today by Oil Change International that examines how the pipeline will be financed.
Mountain Valley Pipeline
The Money Behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline: Is Your Bank Financing Another Fracked-Gas Disaster?
This analysis examines the banks that are in line to finance the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 301-mile, $3.5 billion fracked-gas project proposed to run from West Virginia through south central Virginia.
Not News: Politicians Take Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars from Pipeline Companies, Sign Letter Supporting Pipeline Project
What unites Democrats and Republicans from three states that signed a letter supporting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? Hundreds of thousands in campaign money.
FERC Alternative Climate Facts Exposed
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been using alternative facts to assess the climate impact of gas pipelines. We set the record straight with new briefings on the impact of the proposed Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines.
New analysis: Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines are Climate Disasters
Two studies released today find that if built, the controversial Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines would together contribute as much greenhouse gas pollution as 45 coal-fired power plants — some 158 million metric tons a year.
The Mountain Valley Pipeline: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Briefing
Part of a series of briefings on proposed Appalachian gas pipelines, Oil Change International finds that the Mountain Valley Pipeline would cause the emissions equivalent of 26 coal plants or 19 million passenger vehicles.