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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!
An archive of what went into this remarkable environmental accomplishment follows.
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Main break causes water pressure issues in East Providence
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Road repairs are still necessary in East Providence, after a water main break caused widespread issues throughout the city. The break took place around 3 p.m. on Almeida Avenue, off Waterman Avenue, causing widespread water pressure...
Google Street View cars now sniffing out methane leaks
As natural gas pipelines beneath our cities get older, small natural gas leaks are increasingly becoming a serious environmental problem. Taking advantage of the fact that Google's Street View cars are constantly roaming our urban corridors, a novel project has...
December North Dakota Oil Spill More Than 3 Times Larger Than Initial Estimate: Report
A crude oil spill in western North Dakota in December is now believed to have leaked about 530,000 gallons of oil, much larger than initially anticipated, according to an Associated Press report published on a local news website on Friday. This is among the biggest...
Study: Natural gas power plants emit up to 120 times more methane than previously estimated
Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide but hangs around the atmosphere for a shorter time. March 22, 2017 Researchers at Purdue University and the Environmental Defense Fund have concluded in a recent study that natural gas power plants...
Gas Glut Reverses Lucrative 2016 Trade
Wall Street Journal Gas Glut Reverses Lucrative 2016 Trade Natural-gas futures have fallen 25% in the oversupplied market, hurting plans to grow U.S. exports By Timothy Puko Updated March 14, 2017 9:10 p.m. ET A flood of natural gas swamping the U.S. is turning into a...
Constitution Pipeline Suffers Another Blow With Federal Court Ruling
In yet another setback for the Constitution Pipeline a federal court in New York has dismissed its sponsors' lawsuit challenging state permitting requirements. Constitution submitted a joint application to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation...
Dakota Access pipeline: ING sells stake in major victory for divestment push
The financial giant is the first of a group of 17 banks to divest from the loan that financed the pipeline as the embattled project is set to begin transporting oil. The financial giant ING has sold its stake in the $2.5bn loan financing the Dakota Access pipeline,...
Kyanite Mining Corporation Request for Amended State Operating Permit
Urgent Action Needed!!!! March 31, 2017 is the deadline for requesting the Department of Environmental Quality [DEQ] to hold a public hearing on this issue. Please read the Kayanite Public Notice, posted in Farmville Herald here: Kyanite Public Notice 3.2017 KMC is...
Environmental group wants pipeline compressor approval overturned
An environmental organization is challenging in court the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors' January decision to grant a special-use permit for a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, based in North...
Mariner East Pipelines Proceed, as Challenges Continue
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Environmental groups are going ahead with their challenge to permits for the Mariner East II pipelines, despite the denial of their petition to halt construction. The pipelines, being built by Sunoco, will carry highly flammable, natural-gas liquids...
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