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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
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...
Keystone Pipeline Leaks About 5,000 Barrels of Oil
Roughly 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000 gallons, spilled from the Keystone pipeline on Thursday in South Dakota, sending cleanup crews and emergency workers to the remote northeast portion of the state. The spill, near Amherst, S.D., comes just days before...
Nelson group files request with FERC to halt pipeline
In an effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Friends of Nelson filed a request for rehearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday on the commission’s recent decision to issue a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the natural gas...
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists
The private security firm TigerSwan worked to build a RICO suit accusing Greenpeace, Earth First, and BankTrack of inciting protests to increase donations. The private security firm TigerSwan, hired by Energy Transfer Partners to protect the controversial Dakota...
Norfolk leaders voting on Atlantic Coast Pipeline easements
NORFOLK, VA. The Norfolk City Council is set to decide whether to grant easements for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two drinking water reservoirs, the only ones in its path. The Virginian-Pilot reports the council will consider the issue Tuesday. Senior city...
Other Environmental Issues
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...
Amazon seals Accomack solar power deal
Amazon signed a deal to purchase electricity from a solar project being built in Accomack. Source: Amazon seals Accomack solar power deal Amazon seals Accomack solar power deal Carol Vaughn, DelmarvaNow 3:17 p.m. EDT June 17, 2015 A large solar energy project already...
THE BALLAD OF POPE FRANCIS
Source: THE BALLAD OF POPE FRANCIS nice little song, with lot's of good reference material
Pope Francis blames ‘human selfishness’ for global warming – BBC News
Pope Francis has blamed human selfishness for global warming in his long-awaited encyclical calling for action on climate change. Source: Pope Francis blames 'human selfishness' for global warming - BBC News
Offshore Wind Power: New Technologies | WVTF
A poll by the National Resources Defense Council shows 88% of Virginians want the state to use more wind and solar power, and the federal government has Source: Offshore Wind Power: New Technologies | WVTF The last of a three part series, this produces even more...
Offshore Wind Power: No Promises for VA’s Coast | WVTF
Dominion Virginia Power has leased land offshore for a wind park, but it’s not clear when construction might begin. The company says a demonstration Source: Offshore Wind Power: No Promises for VA's Coast | WVTF More details about Dominion dragging it's feet on...
Offshore Wind Power: From Denmark to Virginia | WVTF
This year, the federal government said it would give nearly $47 million to each of three states hoping to develop offshore wind power – Virginia, New Source: Offshore Wind Power: From Denmark to Virginia | WVTF
China greenhouse gases: Progress is made, report says – BBC News
China's greenhouse gas emissions could start to decline within 10 years, says a London School of Economics report. Source: China greenhouse gases: Progress is made, report says - BBC News Funny isn't it? The whole world is moving toward renewables with determination,...
Walmart To Generate Solar Energy At More Than 75 Percent Of Its Stores In California
Walmart’s solar power initiative will total more than 130 stores by the end of 2013; Adds hundreds of jobs through partnership with California-based SolarCity WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21 – Source: Walmart To Generate Solar Energy At More Than 75 Percent Of Its...
Breaking Ground, Breaking Hearts | Appalachian Chronicle
Source: Breaking Ground, Breaking Hearts | Appalachian Chronicle
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