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
Environmental Justice
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Media Center
Videos of our hearings and celebrations
Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Path of the Pipeline: Hazel Palmer
The Southern Environmental Law Center has just released the first in a series of short video clips profiling the impacts of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. I strongly commend to you this excellent video (under 4 minutes long)....
Appalachian Trail Hikers Protest McAuliffe’s Support of Fracked Gas Pipelines
CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 2, 2017 CONTACT: Stephanie Weber, Virginia Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network; stephanie@chesapeakeclimate.org; 757-871-8639 Denise Robbins, Communications Director, Chesapeake Climate Action...
Opinion/Editorial: DEQ muddies waters over permit plans
Oops! The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality denies that it’s backpedaling on a statement that it would review water crossings necessitated by the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. Yet, after saying in April that it would require a separate...
Ohio finds improper hydrocarbons in ETP Rover drilling fluid -FERC
June 1 (Reuters) - U.S. federal energy regulators said Thursday that Ohio found petroleum hydrocarbon constituents, commonly found in diesel fuel, in drilling fluid samples near a spill that occurred during Energy Transfer Partners' construction of the Rover natural...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: May 31
Dominion targeting low-income communities with pipeline Twenty-four of the 25 counties that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) would impact are below the median income level for their state. These low income counties will suffer further if the pipeline is constructed,...
Wellman: FERC shows its true colors
The draft environmental impact statement on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is massive -- over 2,300 pages. Reviewing it is a daunting task. But in their one and a half page treatment of the “No Action Alternative” required by law, FERC’s bottom line is clear: the...
‘Pipeline is not needed anymore’
http://www.farmvilleherald.com/2017/05/pipeline-is-not-needed-anymore/ Farmville Herald - Published 11:04 am Thursday May 24, 2017 By Joseph Jeeva Abbate
Judge rules that environmental group can challenge Sunoco over pipeline eminent domain
Sunoco Logistics’ use of eminent domain to take private land to build its Mariner East 2 pipeline came into question again on Thursday when a Philadelphia court ruled that an environmental group can argue that the practice is unconstitutional. Judge Linda Carpenter of...
As gas pipelines roil Virginia governor’s race, regulators backtrack on their role
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam, under pressure from environmentalists to oppose two natural gas pipelines, told voters for weeks that he had won assurances from state regulators that they will increase scrutiny on the projects by assessing...
Town of Dryden suspends Dominion permits
The Town of Dryden has suspended the storm water pollution prevention plan approval and building permits for Dominion Energy's Borger Compressor Station in the Ellis Hollow neighborhood. The town suspended the permits when it was notified Dominion would be making...
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