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
Chairman’s parting recommendations to FERC embraced by pipeline opponents
On Feb. 3, Norman Bay’s last day as a commissioner for the federal agency that evaluates interstate natural gas pipelines, it suddenly seemed to pipeline watchdogs that he had at least a portion of one foot in their camp. Carolyn Elefant, who once worked as a lawyer...
Health Professionals Urge Halt to Attacks on Clean-Air Protections
PITTSBURGH – Forty-thousand doctors, nurses and public-health professionals have asked the oil and gas industry to stop opposing policies to reduce methane emissions. In an open letter to the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry lobbying group, the health advocates...
Poll: Congressional Efforts to Kill Methane Pollution Rule Unpopular in AZ
PHOENIX – Efforts by the oil and gas industry to roll back an Obama-era environmental rule don't sit well with most Arizonans, according to a new poll. The energy industry wants Congress to kill a rule which reduces the amount of natural gas released or burned off at...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Ignores Environmental Realities And Dangers
After a years-long search for a country place to retire, Bill and Lynn Limpert found a home in the mountains near Bolar in Bath County, Virginia. Forested and mountainous, Bath County’s 4,600 residents live in the Alleghany Mountains. Know for its picturesque farms...
ET Rover Pipeline sues 58 in Michigan for right to access land
William Atkinson and his wife Wilma are among 58 property owners in Michigan facing an eminent domain lawsuit filed in federal court by Energy Transfer Rover Pipeline earlier this month. "They want to build an access road through our property, but we have not agreed...
Fracking Caused 6,648 Spills in Four States Alone, Duke Study Finds
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has long been tied to environmental risks such as spills. The frequency of spills, however, has long been murky since states do not release standardized data. Estimates from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) vary wildly....
North Dakota Pipeline FORCED To Be Shut Down After LEAKING In The Mississippi River Just Like Standing Rock Protesters Warned
This is why water protectors continue to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, despite freezing temperatures and winter storms. In case you missed it, “water protectors” have been camped out near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, since April in protest of the four-state Dakota...
Virginia agency says it will not exempt information on fracking fluid from disclosure
Legislation that would have shielded specific concentrations of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing from public disclosure was rejected in a Senate committee this month, a vote that drew cheers from environmental groups. “The dangers of fracking proved simply too...
Will Pipelines Destroy Our Thru-Hikes?
A proposed 300-mile natural gas pipeline would cut a swath across the Appalachian Trail and could undermine protections for other National Scenic Trails across the country. In Virginia, where the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is crossed by more black bears and...
Legislative silence greets effort to push pipeline condemnation cases into state courts
Opponents of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines thought they finally had an idea that Virginia legislators could support: a resolution that merely encourages the developers to use state courts instead of federal courts for land condemnation cases if the...
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