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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!
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline points the wrong way to energy’s future
Duke Energy and other advocates for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have come up with a peculiar new justification for the $5 billion project – climate change. They say this winter’s record-setting run of sub-freezing temperatures led to a spike in natural gas...
The Rover Pipeline spills again, in the same spot where it spilled 2 million gallons last year
The Rover pipeline, owned and operated by Energy Transfer Partners, has spilled 150,000 gallons of drilling fluid into wetlands near the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, Ohio. Last April, the pipeline spilled 2 million gallons in the same area. The pipeline, which...
Arguments about Sunoco’s mega-pipeline rage on
The Mariner East 2 pipeline project can produce a visceral reaction from people in the community — often those concerned about safety and quality of life as evidenced in vocal displays of opposition at municipal meetings and elsewhere. There’s also a contingent who...
Constitution Pipeline suffers another setback
ALBANY -- The Constitution Pipeline project is once again on hold after its petition was denied Thursday by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission. After being denied permits at the state level last year, the Constitution Pipeline had attempted to have the decision...
MVP vs. landowners federal court battle continues Saturday
Local landowners ask the public to come to court to support cause ROANOKE - Federal court hearings were postponed Friday until a decision could be reached surrounding the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Court hearings continued Saturday at 9 a.m. in Roanoke at the Poff...
Efforts to take land for the Mountain Valley Pipeline challenged by property owners
Even as it asks a federal judge to allow it to run a natural gas pipeline through land it does not own, Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC is considering changes to the pipeline’s route. In October, the company invoked its power of eminent domain to seek easements on nearly...
Banks gives pipeline developer another chance after pulling funding from Dakota Access
Banks that pulled funding from the Dakota Access Pipeline due to strong public opposition are now teaming up with the pipeline’s developer on another controversial fossil fuel project. Energy Transfer Partners, the lead developer of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in...
Keystone XL may be headed for another hurdle
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Claims by Nebraska landowners for compensation from pipeline company TransCanada on Keystone XL-related costs rests with the state's highest court, advocates say. Bold Nebraska, an organization that's steered a multi-year campaign against the Keystone...
Environmental groups seek stay to halt construction of Mountain Valley Pipeline
As construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline draws closer, a coalition of environmental groups is asking a federal appeals court to issue a stay that would stop the project in its tracks. Filed late Monday, the motion argues that a court-ordered delay is needed to...
Five Spills, Six Months in Operation: Dakota Access Track Record Highlights Unavoidable Reality- Pipelines Leak
Representatives from Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, traveled to Cambridge, Iowa, in October to present a series of $20,000 checks to emergency management departments in six counties. The money was, in part, an...
Other Environmental Issues
Opinion/Commentary: Clean power can help fuel black communities – The Daily Progress: Opinion
Some in Congress have tried to convince us that climate change is the business of polar bears — that African-Americans are more interested in the money than the environment. That just isn’t true. Source: Opinion/Commentary: Clean power can help fuel black communities...
Proposed ‘New’ Route for Atlantic Coast Pipeline no Better than One Rejected, Say Opponents | Appalachian Chronicle
Rick Webb of the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, also based in Virginia, responded, “Dominion fails to recognize … that the real issue is construction of a major pipeline through the greatest concentration of remaining wild lands, pristine streams, and...
Stopping The Coming Ice Age by Larry Ephron & Andy Caffrey – YouTube
Bill McKibben & Mike Tidwell: Will McAuliffe honor Paris or Dominion? | Guest Columnist | pilotonline.com
WILL AMERICA live up to its commitments under the recent climate negotiations in Paris? It’s an open question – and an early test will come in Virginia. Source: Bill McKibben & Mike Tidwell: Will McAuliffe honor Paris or Dominion? | Guest Columnist |...
Attention Gov. McAuliffe: New Study Demolishes Arguments for New Virginia Natural Gas Pipelines | Blue Virginia
Source: Attention Gov. McAuliffe: New Study Demolishes Arguments for New Virginia Natural Gas Pipelines | Blue Virginia
Night of the Living Dead, Climate Change-Style | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
'This business of driving stakes through the heart of one project after another is exhausting,' writes McKibben. (Photo: via Earth Island Journal) When I was a kid, I was creepily fascinated by the wrongheaded idea, current in my grade school, that your hair...
Officials Reject Gas Pipeline Route That Would Have Run Through National Forests | ThinkProgress
CREDIT: Shutterstock The Atlantic Coast Pipeline's proposed route crossed two national forests, and in doing so threatened endangered salamanders, flying squirrels, and restoration areas. Source: Officials Reject Gas Pipeline Route That Would Have Run Through National...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Roadblock | WVTF
The National Forest Services says no to the current route proposed for a pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. Credit USDA Environmentalists are celebrating today, after the National Forest Service rejected a proposed route for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to...
Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change – The New York Times
James Yang for The New York Times The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. We get it. This is your cheat sheet. Source: Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change - The New York Times
New Methane Emission Rules Proposed by Interior Department – The New York Times
Drill crews worked at a shale well in Berthoud, Colo., in December. Credit Nick cote for The New York Times The rules, aimed at gas and oil drilling on public lands, are intended to curb the release of methane, which contributes to global warming. Source: New...
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