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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
Southern Environmental Law Center sends statement to SAPCB re board’s authority on review of BCS
SELC delivers a clear statement to the SAPCB, laying out the provisions of law that allow them to deny this permit due to the deficiencies of the application to address site suitability, environmental justice, and lack of need. Read the 4 page brief here: SELC Air...
Dereliction of Duty: Votes on MVP and ACP Not Properly Informed by Law
The Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) has learned that Robert Dunn, Chairman of the Virginia State Water Control Board, did not understand the ramifications of the Board’s actions on water quality certifications for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and...
Economics of the pipelines – 3 papers by Tom Hadwin
Excellent papers on the economics of these pipelines. To Understand Pipeline Economics Follow the Money Excerpts from Comments to the SCC_Aug17-2018 Hadwin-Comments_Air-Quality-Permit-Buckingham-Compressor-Station You can also go to this site for more articles, which...
Hands Across the Appalachian Trail – Sept. 22 10:00 a.m. to noon
Humpback Rocks Visitor Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway JOIN HANDS to protect our land, communities and the Appalachian Trail from the unnecessary and unwanted onslaught of natural gas pipelines. This event features the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s vision to...
Critical Unanswered Questions about ACP’s Union Hill Compressor Station – to supplement your comments for DEQ air permit
Thank you all for taking the time to comment about the air permit for the proposed Buckingham compressor station [BCS]. Below is information on who, where to send comments, and background information, questions, concerns and guidelines that we suggest for best impact....
Pipeline Politics: The Appalling Silence of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam
It has been said that where you stand often depends on where you sit. Such is the case with the term “old plantation.” People who want to distort the cruel history of slavery in America use the term “old plantation” to conjure false and comforting (to some) memories...
Press Release: Media conference call with community leaders and opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
MEDIA ADVISORY Atlantic Coast Pipeline Media Conference Call Global Justice Ecology Project With Friends of Buckingham and Virginia Environmental Justice Collaborative WHAT- Media conference call with community leaders and opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,...
“Finally, its Final!”: Governor Northam’s Advisory Council Calls for Moratorium on Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines
The following press release is from the Global Justice Ecology Project, following today’s vote by Gov. Northam’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice (ACEJ) to make its letter, calling for a moratorium on further construction of the fracked-gas Atlantic Coast...
In Virginia, governor and appointees at odds over gas pipelines
The Transco Pipeline cuts through the forests of Buckingham County and crosses Route 56 in the foreground. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline would pass through Buckingham County and connect to this pipeline. A compressor station would be built at this intersection. (Timothy...
The Baptists and the yogis join to fight a pipeline
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. — Pastor Paul was nursing a sore throat, but as he preached on a sleepy Sunday morning in his little country church, he felt a rising sense of urgency. “Turning points!” the Rev. Paul Wilson shouted. Like the biblical Paul on the road to...
Other Environmental Issues
200-acre Buckingham solar farm project wins approval
State regulators have approved a proposed 200-acre solar energy facility in Buckingham County that will provide “utility-scale” solar generation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced permit approval for the 19.8-megawatt Firestone Solar facility in Buckingham, which will be...
New study to characterize methane emissions from natural gas compressor stations
Natural gas, a clean-burning fuel, has significant potential as a “bridge fuel” on a path to a sustainable energy future. However, its climate benefits are highly dependent upon the emission rate of methane from the nation’s vast natural gas infrastructure. Colorado...
McAuliffe’s bright new energy plan still has that rotten-egg smell
Earlier this week, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times boasting of the Commonwealth’s achievements on energy. It was a sad reminder that Virginia has trouble moving beyond “all of the above,” a phrase that...
President Obama only has less than 100 days to secure his climate legacy before he leaves office. Will his environmental legacy paint him as a Climate Champ or a Climate Chump? Tell him to stop new fossil fuel leasing today!
The Obama Administration has taken significant steps to combat climate change; but they’ve been negated by unregulated, unprecedented growth in oil and gas production under his presidency. That's why were teaming up with local, regional and national allies to deliver...
Duke Energy’s flood problems at Lee coal plant deepen: Coal ash released, safety inspections questioned
Oct 15, 2016, 9:09am EDT Updated Oct 15, 2016, 1:28pm EDT INDUSTRIES & TAGS Energy, Government & Regulations, Coal, Environment A 50-foot breach in the cooling-pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant was visible at least a day before it was discovered, an...
BBC News – Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in a stark report that most of the world's electricity can - and must - be produced from low-carbon sources by 2050. If not, the world faces "severe, pervasive and...
Critics: Dominion Plans Rely Too Much on Fossil Fuels
RICHMOND, Va. – Dominion Virginia Power wants to rely too heavily on fuels that change the climate, according to critics of the state's largest utility. Dominion has filed its Integrated Resource Plan with the State Corporation Commission. Depending on which version...
NY and 5 other states sue EPA over upwind pollution
Posted: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT Updated: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the Environmental...
SEC Probes EXXON Over Accounting for Climate Change
Oil Sector, Investors React to SEC Probe of Exxon Over Climate Change; Many see investigation as potentially transformative moment for U.S. companies Olson, Bradley; Rapoport, Michael. Wall Street Journal (Online) [New York, N.Y] 21 Sep 2016: n/a Abstract According to...
Exxon hit with first civil suit over climate science
An environmental group has sued oil giant ExxonMobil Corp., alleging the company is improperly polluting a Massachusetts river and putting it at further risk by not preparing for climate change. The lawsuit, from the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), says an Exxon...
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