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
Judge rules Dakota Access pipeline company can keep spill risks secret from the public
Despite concerns that the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline could threaten the primary source of drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux, a federal judge ruled that the pipeline’s developer can keep some information about spill risks secret from the public. The...
Mobility and persistence of methane in groundwater in a controlled-release field experiment
Aaron G. Cahill1,2, Colby M. Steelman1 , Olenka Forde2 , Olukayode Kuloyo3 , S. Emil Ru3 , Bernhard Mayer3 , K. Ulrich Mayer2 , Marc Strous3 , M. Cathryn Ryan3 , John A. Cherry1 and Beth L. Parker1 * Expansion of shale gas extraction has fuelled global concern about...
Underwater pipeline has been leaking gas into a beluga whale habitat for 3 months
Alaska’s Cook Inlet has long been known for its stunning mountain views and the endangered beluga whales that inhabit the watershed. But a series of oil and gas leaks from underwater pipelines, one of which is still ongoing, has residents and environmentalists...
Cuomo Blocks Northern Access Pipeline
April 12, 2017 NEW YORK - Environmentalists are celebrating Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision to block construction of a 99-mile pipeline through western New York. The 24-inch Northern Access Pipeline would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to Canada. But late...
Pipeline protesters set to hold rally to tour potentially impacted areas
Pipeline protesters set to hold rally to tour potentially impacted areas NELSON COUNTY ((WSLS 10/ WVIR) – The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League will hold more rallies today, opposing the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines. On Sunday, people in Nelson...
DEQ seeks certifications for pipeline
Comments by Chad Oba of Friends of Buckingham (www.friendsofbuckinghamva.org). Farmville Herald | Jordan Miles | April 11, 2017 Read More
Oklahoma’s drinking water is at risk from fracking, new report finds
In some parts of the country, people are urged to pray for rain. In Oklahoma, the governor once told people to pray for oil prices. But as oil and gas fracking continue to spread throughout the state, Oklahomans’ concern might be more about the industry’s impact on...
Acclaimed environmental activist Lois Gibbs to encourage pipeline opponents
Ms. Gibbs will speak on Monday, 10:30 AM April 17, 2017 at Union Grove Baptist Church on Shelton Store Road, Buckingham, VA. Driven in 1978 to protect her son, her daughter and other mysteriously ill children in the neighborhood of Love Canal, Lois Gibbs...
Syria: Another Pipeline War
The fossil fuel industry's business model is to externalize its costs by clawing in obscene subsidies and tax deductions—causing grave environmental costs, including toxic pollution and global warming. Among the other unassessed prices of the world's addiction to oil...
Senators Allege DAPL Builder Didn’t Have Permit to Build Under Lake Oahe
A section of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) under construction near St. Anthony, North Dakota, in September 2016. New letter to Army Corps of Engineers makes bombshell accusations, asks for documentation on several legal fronts Rob Capriccioso • April 7, 2017 Top...
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