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
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...
Lorne Stockman: FERC Alternative Climate Facts Exposed
Feb. 20, 2017 – Long before Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway took the phrase ‘alternative facts’ mainstream, a rogue federal agency with authority to ram giant gas pipelines through people’s property against their will has for years pioneered the Trumpian version of...
Sami people persuade Norway pension fund to divest from Dakota Access
The Sami parliament, representing indigenous people also known as Lapps, has convinced Norway’s second largest pension fund to ditch the oil pipeline project. In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded...
Second suit seeks judicial review of station decision
The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), its Concern for the New Generation chapter (CNG) and several Buckingham County residents have filed a civil lawsuit against county officials “seeking judicial review of the decision and action by the” board of...
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League Sues to Block Natural Gas Compressor Station in Buckingham County
From the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League: GROUPS SUE COUNTY TO BLOCK COMPRESSOR STATION Today the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League announced that it, together with its local chapter Concern for the New Generation, has filed a lawsuit opposing the...
NEW GEOLOGY STUDIES SHOW BUILDING THE ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE IN THE STEEP MOUNTAINS BY WINTERGREEN (VA) IS RISKY
NELLYSFORD, VA, UNITED STATES, March 14, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Friends of Wintergreen released two geological and soils studies that highlight the extreme risk of building the 42 inch, compressed natural gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline in the mountainous areas of...
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