ACP Archives
The Friends of Buckingham have worked for more than seven years to protect our lands from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Our efforts were successful!
An archive of what went into this remarkable environmental accomplishment follows.
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Pipeline Incident Statistics Reveal Significant Dangers
Credit: FracTracker Alliance Oil and gas pipelines in the US are lacking adequate regulation, inspection, and enforcement. As one example, our colleagues at the FracTracker analysis recently published an alarming analysis of fossil fuel pipeline incidents from...
Dominion Energy & Environmental Racism: a case study in how to lie with maps
Yes, the title is provocative, but its not entirely mine. I simply and liberally borrow from the classic Mark Monmonier primer entitled How to Lie with Maps. But the reality of this ‘case study’ is indeed provocative, and it amounts to nothing less than outright...
How will air board weigh site ‘suitability’ on major compressor station vote?
Opponents of a proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station in Buckingham County protested outside the General Assembly Building ahead of a State Air Pollution Control Board meeting. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury - Dec. 19, 2018) Is an African-American community...
Compilation of Comments to the Air Board about the air permit for the proposed Buckingham compressor station
This post is a work in process. More comments will be added when time permits. Lakshmi Fjord, PhD, Steering Committee Friends of Buckingham Lakshmi Fjord Air Permit Comm 1-4-19 Stephen Metts, The New School, NY, GIS analyst for policy issues relating to energy...
Virginia DEQ Director David Paylor Lied to the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board — and Now We Have the Smoking Gun
Lies are best told when there is no paper trail. And no Freedom of Information Act. Somebody should explain that to David Paylor, the deeply unpopular Director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality. And someone should tell Dr. Ralph Northam that children’s...
David Toscano: Atlantic Coast Pipeline “Behemoth” Is “Leaking Oil,” Is “No Longer Worth the Investment Needed to Keep It Going.”
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Living on Borrowed Time?January 2, 2019 Forgive the imagery (and the irony), but the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is increasingly looking like an old automobile in need of a valve job – it is leaking serious oil, suffers by comparison to...
Two reports: Fjord Union Hill Community Household Study & Dominion’s Community Engagement
This is what Environmental inJustice looks like. Read both reports. Lakshmi Fjord, PhD lays out the history of attack, omissions, falsifications surrounding the siting of the proposed ACP Buckingham compressor station [BCS] by local, state, federal agencies and...
As court challenges pile up, gas pipeline falls behind
Richard Walker, an Atlantic Coast Pipeline opponent, raises his hands as he and other pipeline opponents turn their backs on a Dec. 19 meeting of a Virginia air pollution panel, which delayed a vote on a key permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. (Steve Helber/AP)...
United States Supreme Court deciding whether or not to hear Mountain Valley Pipeline lawsuit The case deals with eminent domain and the Natural Gas Act of 1938
ROANOKE, Va - A lawsuit involving the Mountain Valley Pipeline may be headed to our nation's highest court. Wednesday, Virginia landowners filed a reply arguing their case does have merit to be heard after non-decisions by lower courts. They want to challenge the...
Come eat cake with us (again)! Protect our clean air from harm letter writing party
Dominion and DEQ have introduced new material to be considered in the Air Permit decision process. Consequently, DEQ has opened another Public Comment period for us to review and respond to the new material by Jan 4, 2019. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (APCB) PUBLIC...
Other Environmental Issues
Lopez threatens to cancel dozens of mining permits
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 14 2017 01:53 PM | Updated as of Feb 14 2017 02:05 PM MANILA - Environment Secretary Gina Lopez said Tuesday she served notice to operators of dozens of mines, asking them to explain why their permits should not be canceled for operating in...
New data undermine oil and gas industry’s pipeline safety claims
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — In the debate over construction of new oil and gas pipelines, industry representatives have long argued that pipelines are safer than other methods for moving fossil fuels over long distances. Take for...
Fight Against Ore. Pipeline Has Ties to Youth Climate-Change Case
February 14. 2017 Youth plaintiffs in a federal case are alleging the federal government knew about the drastic effects of climate change, but did not do enough to slow its effects. (Robin Loznak/ZUMAPRESS.com) EUGENE, Ore. – A team of teenagers and young adults is...
It’s Official: Solar Energy Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels
Renewable energy has reached an important milestone. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has determined that in many parts of the world, solar energy is now the same price or even cheaper than fossil fuels for the first time. In a handbook released this month, the WEF...
Sludge/Biosolids Update: public comment period ends January 6
The public comment period for the application of sludge to our neighboring lands closes on January 6. Submitting comments allows you to testify at the State Water Control Board [SWCB] meeting in March 2017, where final approval is expected. It also lets the Department...
Fight over ownership of Chesapeake golf course, built on coal ash, could draw in Dominion
A golf course built on 1.5 million tons of coal ash that loses $100,000 a month and is a magnet for headlines about potential environmental contamination might not seem like a property to covet. Yet for three years, a bitter legal brawl that reached the Supreme Court...
Report: Texas chemical leak reported week before public notified
DALLAS — A chemical leak from an asphalt plant that led Corpus Christi officials to warn residents this week not to drink the water was apparently reported a week earlier, according to an email from a state environmental official that was obtained Friday. The internal...
As Region Rejects Fossil-Fuel Infrastructure, Portland Goes a Step Further
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Communities throughout the Northwest are rejecting fossil-fuel infrastructures, and on Wednesday, Portland went a step further by approving a new zoning rule banning large, fossil-fuel terminals from coming to the city. Dan Serres, conservation...
Growth of Biofuels Threatens PA Wildlife
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The federal Renewable Fuel Standard has led to the destruction of millions of acres of wildlife habitat and has endangered water supplies, according to a new report. The National Wildlife Federation report, "Fueling Destruction," said wildlife has...
Don’t drink the water: Chemical identified in Texas city water supply
(Photo: Corpus Christi Caller-Times) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Residents here were warned late Wednesday to avoid using tap water because a chemical possibly contaminated the city's water supply. Thursday morning, city officials confirmed the chemical, which came from a...
Environmental Justice
Tribal Members in Oklahoma Defeat Natural Gas Pipeline Company
Federal court orders removal of natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma for trespassing on original Kiowa Indian lands The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has ordered a natural gas pipeline operator to cease operations and remove the pipeline located...
Feds investigating Ohio pipeline over ‘misstatements’
© Getty Images Federal officials are investigating the developer building a controversial natural gas pipeline over alleged “misstatements” regarding its construction in Ohio. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff said in a Thursday notice that...
Bent Mountain landowners prevent pipeline crew from surveying property
BENT MOUNTAIN, Va. (WDBJ7) Bent Mountain resident Kathy Chandler called police Monday morning when Mountain Valley Pipeline crews showed up ready to survey her land. "They were just here a month ago," Chandler said. "We were just doing this a month ago. To have them...
Virginia Military Veterans Speak Out Against Fracked-Gas Pipelines
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Re-release May 29, 2017 CONTACTS: Jamshid Bakhtiari, Chesapeake Climate Action Network; jamshid@chesapeakeclimate.org, (757) 386-8107 Denise Robbins, Chesapeake Climate Action Network; denise@chesapeakeclimate.org, (608) 620-8819 Virginia...
Judge rules that environmental group can challenge Sunoco over pipeline eminent domain
Sunoco Logistics’ use of eminent domain to take private land to build its Mariner East 2 pipeline came into question again on Thursday when a Philadelphia court ruled that an environmental group can argue that the practice is unconstitutional. Judge Linda Carpenter of...
Front Group paid by Dominion releases shady poll showing support for Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Consumer Energy Alliance, a front group for oil and gas interests and utilities including Dominion Energy Inc, has released a poll which it claims shows support for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a gas pipeline co-owned by Dominion. The poll claims to show that a...
Dakota Access Pipeline protest movement now focuses on the money
It’s been a tough few months for opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). First Donald Trump officially approved the $3.8 billion project. Then indigenous people were forced to clear out of the Oceti Sakowin and Sacred Stone protest camps. And with construction...
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Pipeline protesters set to hold rally to tour potentially impacted areas
Pipeline protesters set to hold rally to tour potentially impacted areas NELSON COUNTY ((WSLS 10/ WVIR) – The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League will hold more rallies today, opposing the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines. On Sunday, people in Nelson...
Sami people persuade Norway pension fund to divest from Dakota Access
The Sami parliament, representing indigenous people also known as Lapps, has convinced Norway’s second largest pension fund to ditch the oil pipeline project. In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded...