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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
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...
Chesco lawmakers call on governor to halt pipeline construction
WEST CHESTER >> Calling the impacts of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline drilling “unacceptable,” state Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19, and state Sen. John Rafferty, R-44, called on Gov. Tom Wolf to suspend the project until constituents’ concerns are resolved. “In my...
Pipeline gas release terrifies Richmond residents – and raises questions
RICHMOND — Residents who live near a natural gas pipeline thought something catastrophic was happening. "The noise sounded like a thousand jets flying overhead, and the smell of gas around my house was overwhelming," said Susan Lockwood. "One close neighbor said it...
Pipeline work resumes after another Lebanon County ‘drilling mud’ spill
Sunoco has resumed construction of the Mariner East 2 natural gas pipeline in western Lebanon County following a spill of “drilling mud” that entered a wetland area. It’s the fourth unauthorized discharge of drilling mud in Lebanon County since Sunoco began...
Other Environmental Issues
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...
Breakthrough Energy Coalition
The world needs widely available energy that is reliable, affordable and does not produce carbon. Source: Breakthrough Energy Coalition
McAuliffe Announces Plan to Stimulate Growth of Renewable Energ – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather
Governor Terry McAuliffe announces that the Commonwealth’s agencies will increase the use of renewable energy to power the state’s operations. Source: McAuliffe Announces Plan to Stimulate Growth of Renewable Energ - NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and...
She’s braved rough seas and space walks. Can she weather climate change skeptics? – The Washington Post
Friends say Kathryn Sullivan, the embattled head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, is determined to keep politics out of science Source: She’s braved rough seas and space walks. Can she weather climate change skeptics? - The Washington...
Windstalk concept is a wind farm without the turbines
The Windstalk concept proposes an array of poles containing piezoelectric ceramic discs that generate power from the movement of the poles swaying in the wind. Source: Windstalk concept is a wind farm without the turbines
Pipeline foes: Kinder Morgan financial woes a bad sign for Northeast Energy Direct | masslive.com
Pipeline opponents this week charged that Kinder Morgan is in "financial freefall," and called into question the company's ability to safely build Northeast Energy Direct, which would transport natural gas from Pennsylvania through New York and New England. Source:...
UVA Researchers Receive Grant for Wind Turbines
Researchers at the University of Virginia have received a grant that will allow them to develop large wind turbines to generate power. Source: UVA Researchers Receive Grant for Wind Turbines
Leonardo DiCaprio: Ready for 100%
Achieving 100 percent renewable energy is becoming "the new normal" in the fight to solve climate change. At the Climate Summit for Local Leaders at COP21 Source: Leonardo DiCaprio: Ready for 100%
Letter from Betsy Carr to FERC
As a
member of the Virginia House of Delegates, I am writing to respectfully request that you conduct a
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Mountain Valley
Pipeline, Appalachian Connector Pipeline, and WB Xpress project proposals.
26 Attorneys General Are Suing The EPA. The Public Only Agrees With Them In 3 States.
61 percent of residents in states suing the EPA actually agree with the Clean Power Plan. Source: 26 Attorneys General Are Suing The EPA. The Public Only Agrees With Them In 3 States.
Environmental Justice
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