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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
Stop Work Order Issued for the ACP Friday night, August 10, 2018
Why does significant news – bad or good – regarding the Mountain Valley Pipeline and/or Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) always seem to come on Friday evenings? In this case, it’s good news regarding the ACP, albeit not the ultimate good news of this idiotic/misbegotten...
In Buckingham’s Union Hill, a center of resistance for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion brings in a ringer
Pastor Paul Wilson, of Union Hill and Union Grove Baptist churches in Buckingham County, has been among the most outspoken opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which is proposing to build a compressor station in the county. Photo by Robert Zullo, Virginia...
Federal agency orders work to stop on the entire Mountain Valley Pipeline
ROANOKE — A federal agency has ordered a stop to construction of the entire Mountain Valley Pipeline, which has run into repeated problems with erosion since it began its path through the Roanoke and New River valleys. In a letter to pipeline officials Friday, the...
Proposed Buckingham compressor station air permit; DEQ provides more information
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality [DEQ] has a web page now up with further information about the air permitting process. That information is copied below or you can go here:...
BREAKING: Virginia State NAACP Calls for Halt to All Construction Activities on Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines
by Jon Sokolow In a powerful statement published by Blue Virginia here for the first time, the Virginia State Chapter of the NAACP has called on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to halt all construction activity for both the Mountain Valley and...
VA DEQ announces today the opening of the air permit process for the proposed Buckingham compressor station
PERMIT NAME: Minor Source Construction Permit issued under the authority of the Air Pollution Control Board PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: August 8, 2018 to September 11, 2018 INFORMATION BRIEFING: Peter Francisco Auditorium in the Buckingham County Administration Building...
Air Permit hearing and comment period for proposed Buckingham Compressor Station; Pre-analysis by Mary Finley Brook. PhD
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has been reviewing the ACP air modeling report, readying for the proposed Buckingham compressor station air permitting process. Friends of Buckingham and friends have accessed the documents and are reviewing them, readying...
Tell FERC: How you would improve the natural gas pipeline review process
Thank you Irene Leech for this article! We are nearing the end of the open comment period (July 25) for FERC’s request for comments on the current process it uses to make decisions about natural gas pipelines. There are currently a number of comments on file with a...
Now is the time to tell Governor Northam that you support investments in clean energy!
Right now the Northam administration is developing its Virginia Energy Plan, a roadmap for the commonwealth's energy policy over the next decade. We need to ensure Virginia’s economy is built on energy efficiency, solar power and smart storage solutions instead of...
Circle of Protection
This Sunday July 22, 1-3 pm Potluck 2-3 pm Oh do come. This Sunday, July 22 Circle of Protection gives Virginians another fine moment to stand with Union Hill as this historic community prepares to fight for their very breath against the proposed Atlantic Coast...
Other Environmental Issues
Sludge in our Waters: An Investigation of Industrial Contaminants in Sewage Sludge and the Impacts on Surface Waters in North Carolina
A 27 page report from Riverkeepers of North Carolina on the downstream contamination by the concentrated toxic chemicals in biosolids. Read the report. Haw River Assembly: Defending the river since 1982 Catawba Riverkeeper Mission Statement: We educate and...
Biosolids: Synagro’s Record Compiled by Tyla Matteson and others
Synagro is the private company that distributes the sludge for the wastewater treatment plants which are owned by the state. In Virginia There was a lawsuit involving Synagro’s spreading 1 million gallons of hog waste material from Smithfield’s lagoons. The lawsuit...
How the EPA Faked the Entire Science of Sewage Sludge Safety: A Whistleblower’s Story
US EPA’s 503 sludge rule (1993) allows treated sewage sludges, aka biosolids, to be land-applied to farms, forests, parks, school playgrounds, home gardens and other private and public lands. According to a recent EPA survey, biosolids contain a wide range of...
July 23: Tell McAuliffe – solar panels, not pipelines! Join the March on the Mansion
On July 23, Friends of Buckingham will join more than 60 other student, faith, social justice, and environmental groups from all across Virginia to tell Governor Terry McAuliffe that we need a better plan to stop harmful carbon emissions, take away the power of big...
A New Vision for Energy Justice, Democratic Renewal, and Healthy Communities in Virginia
An open letter to Governor Terry McAuliffe and the people of the Commonwealth By March on the Mansion partners June 15, 2016 We speak today with a unified voice dedicated to energy justice, democratic renewal, and healthy communities in Virginia. We believe it’s...
Grading the Governor: A Report Card on Carbon Pollution and Clean Power in Virginia
Gov. McAuliffe is Close to Failing on Key Energy and Climate Issues Improvement Plan: The Governor Can Bring Up His Grade Significantly with a Strong “Clean Power Plan” that Reduces Total Pollution Overall, the Governor’s two-year record on these vital energy issues...
Prince William to continue testing wells near coal ash ponds
Prince William County has ordered additional water tests at two houses near Dominion Virginia Power’s coal ash ponds despite a report from a county-hired contractor ...“One reason we’re going out and doing more testing is because some of those test results were...
Virginia Democrats Toscano and Deeds Host Town Hall – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
On Wednesday, a pair of state leaders sat down with people in Albemarle County in hopes of hearing any concerns about the work they're doing. Source: Virginia Democrats Toscano and Deeds Host Town Hall - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
Break Free 2016 – Washington D.C. – YouTube
Wendell Berry on Hope
It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there is the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which surely will surprise us, and hope is...
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