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
Officials: 1 missing, 2 injured in Louisiana pipeline fire
Vehicles and a power pole smoke next to a fire at the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, La. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP) PARADIS, La. – One worker was missing and two were injured after an explosion sparked a fire at a Louisiana pipeline Thursday night, officials...
Supervisors, ACP face suit over compressor station
A farmer who says he’ll be negatively impacted by the proposed 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project has filed a civil suit against ACP LLC and the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors. The 27-page document, filed in Buckingham Circuit Court in early...
Dominion Power defends its billion-dollar handout from ratepayers; squashes dissent; asks for more.
In commenting on February 7, 2017, about recent activity in the Virginia Legislature, Ivy Main says, "Dominion Power defends its billion-dollar handout from ratepayers; squashes dissent; asks for more." She discusses bills that have been proposed this session that...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Educational Forum: Property Rights and Environmental Issues
Sunday, February 12 from 2-4 pm Buckingham County Middle School Cafeteria 1184 High School Road, Buckingham, VA 23921 Learn to make powerful comments to FERC regarding your landowner rights, environmental concerns, the Federal review process, and the economic...
Suit Filed Against Buckingham Board’s Compressor Station Permit
On February 2, 2017, Appalachian Mountain Advocates filed on behalf of Carlos B. Arostegui a complaint for declaratory relief against the Buckingham Board of Supervisors and ACP asking that the special use permit for the compressor station be voided. One of the...
Warm Springs – Pipeline project awaits critical state decision
WARM SPRINGS — The decision could make or break the future of their farm. Robert “Bob” and Roberta “Robbie” Koontz are in arguably the toughest battle of their lives — to preserve hundreds of acres they have worked tirelessly to save from industrial ruin. When utility...
Report says Trump has Atlantic Coast Pipeline among infrastructure priorities
A published report by McClatchy Newspapers said President Trump is including the Atlantic Coast Pipeline among a list of 50 national infrastructure projects his administration considers priorities. While that report could not be confirmed by the lead utility project...
Pipeline document ‘violates the public’s trust’
As an Atlantic Coast Pipeline project opponent, I must point out some critically shoddy work in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Atlantic Coast Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) analysis. In a Farmville Herald article, titled “FERC:...
‘The board that ruined Buckingham’
On Jan. 5, the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors showed its lack of concern for the health and safety of its citizens, preserving the flavor and history of the area or honoring the property of landowners. They ignored scientific research, national trends and the...
Virginia county approves massive natural gas compressor over community outrage
The project is part of a 600-mile long pipeline that will reach from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Buckingham County Board of Supervisor Danny Allen (fore), at a meeting Thursday. Allen, who works for Dominion, recused himself from the vote on a compressor. CREDIT:...
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