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.
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Who is really paying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline?
By Kevin Campbell and April Keating Mountaineer Voices for Change & Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance Are you paying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? Even if you haven’t invested directly, your money may still be used to support it. If you are a member at any...
Chesco homes hit with water problems near Sunoco pipeline construction site
Around a dozen Chester County households experienced cloudy water or loss of supply from their private wells this week, forcing some families from their homes near a location where Sunoco Pipeline is conducting horizontal directional drilling about 150 feet below...
Walk celebrates the land
About six people recently concluded a 150-mile walk across five counties along a portion of the planned 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) route at the intersection of Union Hill Road and Route 56 in Buckingham County. The event, which began June 17 and concluded...
Sunoco’s PR firm aims to ‘neutralize opposition’ to Mariner East pipeline project
A public relations firm for Sunoco Pipeline says it wants to “neutralize opposition” to the controversial Mariner East 2 pipeline project. Bravo Group, which has worked with different parts of Sunoco for at least five years, makes the statement on its website, in...
Conflicts of interest pile up on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project
Evidently, ensuring that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s 1,989 water-body crossings comply with Virginia’s water-quality standards is just too big a job for our Department of Environmental Quality, even if it is its job, so the Department of Environmental Quality handed...
Critics Challenge Dominion’s Pipeline Tactics
Virginia’s Director of Natural Resources has warned Dominion that state regulators will not be swayed by company requests or suggestions when deciding whether to issue permits for construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. That’s good news for pipeline opponents,...
Judge rules family must leave property for pipeline construction
HUNTINGDON -- A Huntingdon County judge ruled this week that a family camped out on its own property has to vacate the premises to allow construction to continue for the Mariner East 2 Pipeline. Ellen Gerheart and her husband have owned the property that is now...
Letter: Is pipeline ‘too big to handle’ for DEQ?
Is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit too big to deny? Maybe keeping track of the ACP’s 1,989 water body crossings by our DEQ is just too big a job, even if it is their job. The Natural Gas Act specifically preserves state authority to approve or deny a Water Quality...
Anti-Pipeline Hikers Celebrate End of Route with Church Service
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Sunday, anti-pipeline hikers reached the end of the line on their two-week trek following the path of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline across the Shenandoah Valley and central Virginia. The hikers celebrated the completion of their...
Pipeline protestors face arrest, charges on their own land
Responding to a request by Sunoco Logistics, a Huntingdon County judge has ordered a family and their supporters off the construction path of the Mariner East 2, which runs through their property. The ruling by Judge George Zanic means the family could be arrested on...
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