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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
Keeping up the fight in the pipeline age of Nelson
Deborah Kushner knows firsthand how a date, person or event can serve as a defining moment, splitting life into “before” and “after.” ForKushner, a resident of eastern Nelson County andher Nelson neighbors, that milestone is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. There was...
OPINION: It’s not too late — join the fight against pipeline
The threats pipelines pose are numerous and extremely serious. Pipeline incidents have res ulted in over 500 deaths, nearly 3,000 injuries, and over $8.5 billion in financial costs from 1986 to 2016. Just this month, about 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000...
Deadly Blast At An Austrian Gas Hub Prompts A State Of Emergency In Italy
A fiery blast ripped through a major natural gas hub in eastern Austria on Tuesday morning local time, killing at least one person, injuring many others and sending energy prices into a frenzy. The blaze at the facility in Baumgarten, which receives imported Russian...
Before Building a $400 Million Pipeline, Make Sure Your Neighbors Are On Board
Sempra’s natural-gas deliveries halted by indigenous group It’s deja-vu for Mexican planners beset by local opposition A chunk of Sempra Energy’s natural gas pipeline sits in the dirt behind a community center in the village of Loma de Bacum in northwest Mexico....
U.S. Pipeline Office Needs to Improve Safety at Gas Storage Sites: GAO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. pipeline safety office is struggling to inspect natural gas storage sites and uphold other standards on the facilities, according to a report released by the General Accountability Office on Friday After a leak at California's Aliso...
2017 showed the global clean energy revolution is unstoppable no matter what Trump does
The solar, wind, battery, and electric car “miracles” have gone mainstream. The competition for the biggest clean energy story of 2017 is intense. Building and running new renewable energy is now cheaper than just running old coal and nuclear plants. The lowest price...
Future of Keystone XL pipeline becomes more muddled after PSC denies revisions
LINCOLN — The future of the Keystone XL pipeline became even more muddled Tuesday with further delays expected. The Nebraska Public Service Commission unanimously rejected TransCanada’s request to amend its application for a route across Nebraska. TransCanada said it...
Regulators to consider changing gas pipeline approval policy
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said Thursday it would review its nearly two-decade-old policy for approving natural gas pipelines. While the commission did not commit to any particular changes, the announcement is a win for environmentalists who have...
Second court challenge filed over water quality certification for Mountain Valley Pipeline
A group of landowners, conservation groups and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates brought a court challenge Monday to a state board’s finding that a natural gas pipeline would pose no danger to the streams and creeks that lie in its path. The petition for...
Would the Atlantic Coast Pipeline be the job creator its TV ads claim?
Dominion and Duke Energy got more bad news about their controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline project this month, with North Carolina regulators announcing they would not issue the necessary air quality permit for a planned compressor station in Northampton County by...
Other Environmental Issues
Presentation title to go here – 2015-11-23-COP21-10-things-the-negotiators-need-to-know.pdf
COP21: 10 THINGS THE NEGOTIATORS NEED TO KNOW Source: Presentation title to go here - 2015-11-23-COP21-10-things-the-negotiators-need-to-know.pdf
BBC News – What is climate change?
What do we know about global warming? Climate change explained in six graphics #COP21 Source: BBC News - What is climate change?
Co-ops help Va. homeowners tap the power of the sun
solar movement hitting Richmond
World Governments: Keep Fossil Fuels Underground.
2015 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history, and this December world governments will meet in Paris for the biggest climate talks since 2009. Right now, commitments by world governments are falling short of where the world needs them to be. We need way...
Official YouTube Blog: Climate change affects the things we love. #OursToLose
Source: Official YouTube Blog: Climate change affects the things we love. #OursToLose
Researchers: The World Could Go Green by 2050
The technological capability exists for the entire world to be powered with renewable energy, researchers have found. It's the political willpower that's in question. Source: Researchers: The World Could Go Green by 2050
Video: What’s at stake at the Paris climate talks | Sierra Club
The UN climate talks begin next week. A strong climate agreement may be the turning point we need to begin protecting our planet from the worst impacts of climate change.Watch the video to find out what's at stake at the Paris climate talks and share the video with...
Measuring the Climate-Services of Forests to Fight Global Warming | WVTF
October was the sixth month in a row of the warmest temperatures ever recorded. That's according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Source: Measuring the Climate-Services of Forests to Fight Global Warming | WVTF
First EPA chief accuses Republicans of ignoring science for political gain | Environment | The Guardian
William Ruckelshaus, who this week will receive the presidential medal of freedom, says candidates are harming US’s reputation ahead of Paris climate talks Source: First EPA chief accuses Republicans of ignoring science for political gain | Environment | The Guardian
Bill Nye + Arnold Schwarzenegger Confront Climate Denial Head On
Bill Nye teamed up with Arnold Schwarzenegger to confront climate denial head on in an episode of National Geographic's Explorer, Bill Nye's Global Meltdown Source: Bill Nye + Arnold Schwarzenegger Confront Climate Denial Head On
Environmental Justice
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