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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
Outlaws are more ethical than Dominion’s pipeline company
Ryan and Joy Blosser and their two children are at risk of being robbed of their livelihood and their domestic tranquility at the point of a pen. I do not know the Blossers personally, but I was moved by their presentation at the Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: For Saturday, Jan. 6
FERC’s faulty data there for all to see Highland County reassessment office records show a very large drop in land values within a half mile of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. I’m sure that virtually all properties on or near the proposed pipeline have lost...
Augusta County residents pack meeting to oppose pipeline storage yard in Churchville
VERONA - The Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals voted to delay making a decision Thursday on whether to issue the Atlantic Coast Pipeline a special use permit for a storage yard in Churchville. The proposal is to convert 34 acres of existing farmland on property...
Judge pushes back timeline for northern Minnesota oil pipeline
A decision on whether to approve a contentious oil pipeline in northern Minnesota is being delayed so the project’s environmental impact statement can be revised, an administrative law judge has ruled. The decision from Judge Ann O’Reilly last week is a response to a...
Augusta County Reviews Proposal for Dominion Energy Construction Yard
An Augusta County board is reviewing a proposal by Dominion Energy to build a construction yard for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline on 34 acres of farmland near Churchville. Pipeline opponents are rallying against the proposed site. The energy company needs to get a...
Pennsylvania shuts down construction on Sunoco gas pipeline
Segments of assembled pipe are lined up along a cleared section of woods where a pipeline for shale gas is under construction on July 8, 2017 in Jackson Township, Butler County, Pa (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Pennsylvania environmental officials have ordered Sunoco to...
Equitrans Project Involves Compressor Station and MVP Pipeline
Equitrans pipeline connectors as bold red lines FERC staff wants more data on Equitrans project connected to Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) From a News Report of Sean Sullivan, SNL Daily Gas Report, SNL Financial LC, December 29, 2017 Staff at the Federal Energy...
The Keystone Pipeline Never Ceases to Amaze
You may recall that, last November, our old friend the Keystone XL pipeline, the continent-spanning death funnel and longtime conservative fetish object, sprang a particularly ill-timed leak, drowning a field on the border between the two Dakotas with 210,000 gallons...
Pipeline’s been a sham from the beginning
My blood is boiling after reading “Bad vibrations” in the Dec. 19 issue. The article details the noise problems for some residents of Manor Township caused by nonstop drilling under the Conestoga River for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline. The Federal Energy Regulatory...
Pipeline Company Improperly Dumps Wastewater In Agawam, Mass.
ShareGoogle+Email A contractor for natural gas pipeline company Kinder Morgan improperly dumped thousands of gallons in Agawam, Massachusetts. MASSLIVE / MASSLIVE.COM Originally published on December 30, 2017 4:47 pm A contractor for a natural gas pipeline company...
Other Environmental Issues
Obama’s climate change rule stays alive, for now
Environmental groups quickly praised the decision not to block the carbon rule. | AP Photo "It’s time to stop suing to stay stuck in the past, and start working to usher in the clean energy economy of the future." Read more:...
US Forest Service Rejects Proposed Forest Route for Pipeline – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
The federal government is rejecting the proposed route of a natural gas pipeline through national forests in Virginia and West Virginia. Source: US Forest Service Rejects Proposed Forest Route for Pipeline - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
Judge, Jurors Praise Defendants For Climate Resistance | PopularResistance.Org
Resist! Climate Change, Courts, Necessity defense By Julia Carrie Wong, www.theguardian.com January 15th, 2016 Source: Judge, Jurors Praise Defendants For Climate Resistance | PopularResistance.Org
Leonardo DiCaprio: ‘Revenant’ Drove Home Need to Take Climate Action
JPL | News | South American Glaciers Melting Faster, Changing Sea ... www.jpl.nasa.gov Golden Globe winner Leonardo DiCaprio spoke with Charlie Rose about The Revenant and how filming it drove home the need to take action on climate change, he sai Source: Leonardo...
Jane Goodall: Power of Corporations Is Destroying World’s Rainforests
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! spoke with Jane Goodall at the Paris Climate Summit about climate change, climate deniers such as Donald Trump and Source: Jane Goodall: Power of Corporations Is Destroying World's Rainforests
WV Field Office, Dept of the Interior not happy with ACP routes
The West Virginia Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (WVFO) filed on January 7 (posted January 8) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an extensive litany of concerns about the current proposed route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
Press Release: Historic Climate Trial Starts Monday In Lynwood, WA – Climate Disobedience Center
Source: Press Release: Historic Climate Trial Starts Monday In Lynwood, WA - Climate Disobedience Center
New infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L.A. gas leak – The Washington Post
The natural gas leak from a storage facility in the hills above Los Angeles is shaping up as a major ecological disaster as it vents large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Source: New infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L.A. gas leak -...
America has been duped on climate change – The Washington Post
Stacks and burn-off from the ExxonMobil refinery are seen at dusk last year in St. Bernard Parish, La. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press) Fossil fuel companies distorted our understanding of climate change. They should be held responsible. Source: America has been...
Charlottesville Company Developing Tech to Harness Wave Energy – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
Ten years after its founding in Charlottesville, Columbia Power has completed initial engineering and testing for the largest and most powerful wave energy converter in the nation. Source: Charlottesville Company Developing Tech to Harness Wave Energy - NBC29 WVIR...
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