ACP Archives
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.
Pipelines & Compressor Stations
The fight against the ACP
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Climate change and more
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Courts and regulatory agencies managing environmental issues
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Videos of our hearings and celebrations
Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Massive gas line explosion leaves 18-foot crater in Orion Township
A ruptured gas line caused a massive explosion and fire in an area of Orion Township near the Great Lakes Crossing Outlets mall on Monday night. A ruptured gas line caused an explosion and massive fire that left an 18-foot-deep crater in an area of Orion Township near...
Sierra Club takes VA State Corporation Commission to court over inaction on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Sierra Club is asking the Supreme Court of Virginia to require the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to review a key deal for shipping capacity on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The SCC has thus far declined to exercise its oversight authority over this arrangement,...
‘Outside agitators’ expected in North Carolina to protest pipeline
State law enforcement officials told legislators Thursday that they're expecting "outside agitators" to come to North Carolina in the coming months to protest the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The comments came during a presentation about the N.C. Information Sharing and...
Nearly 1,000 Wintergreen Property Owners To Sue Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Friends of Wintergreen announced today that nearly 1,000 Wintergreen property owners plan to individually sue the Atlantic Coast Pipeline for damages to their property if the pipeline company seizes land used by the Wintergreen community. These actions follow a rare...
Pipeline starting April 1
BUCKHANNON – Construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project is expected to begin on April 1, 2018, and that is not an April Fool’s joke. Mike Cozad, a third-party contractor for ACP, came to the Upshur County Commission’s weekly meeting Thursday to provide...
Pipeline violates human rights
See opinion: The Farmville Herald - 11.16.2017
Atlantic Coast Pipeline to take landowners to court to clear way for 600-mile project
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is preparing to sue uncooperative property owners to gain access to their land so it can build a 600-mile natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. The energy consortium, which includes Charlotte-based Duke Energy, said...
Back-to-back bad hearings for Dominion this week
The last two days saw two hearings about different Dominion Energy gas infrastructure projects in Southern Maryland. Tuesday night, there was a zoning permit for a compressor station Dominion wants to build near Accokeek, and Wednesday, there was a hearing to change...
Judge taps on brakes in Mountain Valley Pipeline land easement case
A federal judge on Thursday tapped on the brakes — at least for now — in Mountain Valley Pipeline’s effort to fast-track one of two lawsuits against hundreds of landowners seeking to use eminent domain to gain easements for construction of its more than 300-mile...
In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a significant victory today in its fight to protect the Tribe’s drinking water and ancestral lands from the Dakota Access pipeline. A federal judge ruled that the federal permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River...
Other Environmental Issues
Board of Supervisors Review Comprehensive Plan
Monday August 10, 7 pm Board of Supervisors Review Buckingham County Comprehensive Plan Please turn up in large numbers at the Buckingham County Administrative Building to show that we care about what happens in Buckingham County! Spencer Phillips, Ph.D. of Key-Log...
Why the Saudis Are Going Solar
The fate of one of the biggest fossil-fuel producers may now depend on its investment in renewable energy. Read more.
Two Numbers: Solar Energy’s Price Drop, Ahead of Schedule, Could Help Save the Planet
Earlier this month, the White House announced the launch of a series of measures intended to make solar power more accessible to low- and middle-income households. Brian Deese, senior adviser to President Barack Obama on climate, said the administration aims to...
Sun. July, 19 – Prayer Meeting at Yogaville
Sunday July 19 1:45 pm Sivananda Hall, Yogaville Prayer Meeting: NO Pipeline! YES! to a sustainable, healthy, beautiful, wholesome world.
Greening the Desert
Geoff Lawton on greening desert land in Jordan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohI6vnWZmk
Dutch students reveal solar-powered family car
Dutch students have developed a new family car that is not only powered by the sun, but generates more energy than it uses. Stella Lux seats up to four people and is designed to be efficient, intelligent and comfortable. It will compete in the World Solar Challenge in...
Even The Pope Gets It – Carbon Markets Won’t Fix The Climate | IFLScience
Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment has quickly made him one of the world’s most significant figures in the climate debate. His message was notable not just for its acceptance of mainstream climate science but also for its outright rejection of market logic....
Prince Charles: To limit climate change we will need to see profound changes | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui8zj-yWaPk Read the heir to throne’s ‘Rewiring the economy’ speech in full, in which he addresses the challenges of climate change, sustainable development and economic reform Source: Prince Charles: To limit climate change we will...
For Faithful, Social Justice Goals Demand Action on Environment – The New York Times
For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. A relentless warming of the lake was reducing the catch of fish, the people were going hungry — and he had learned of scientific evidence that climate change...
Amazon to build VA’s largest solar farm | Construction Dive
The online retailer will use the electricity it produces to fuel its northern Virginia data centers. Source: Amazon to build VA's largest solar farm | Construction Dive another article related to Amazon fulfilling it's promise to be 100% renewable Construction Dive...
Environmental Justice
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