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
Cruise Line Slapped With $40 Million Fine For Deliberately Polluting
The Huffington Post | By Chris D'Angelo Carnival Corp.’s Princess Cruise Lines will plead guilty to seven felony charges and pay $40 million for deliberately polluting the ocean and attempting to cover up the crime, the Department of Justice said Thursday. The...
Standing Rock protesters will not follow official directive to leave camps
Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for months, organizers said on Saturday, despite state officials encouraging them to do so. US news | The Guardian Protesters block Route...
Standing Rock: injured protester’s father says police account is ‘bogus nonsense’
Standing Rock: injured protester's father says police account is 'bogus nonsense' | US news | The Guardian Officers claim protesters set off explosion but Sophia Wilansky’s father and on-site medical professionals say injury is ‘entirely consistent’ with grenade blast...
Standing Rock Thanksgiving: a day of mourning, resistance and Jane Fonda
Standing Rock Thanksgiving: a day of mourning, resistance and Jane Fonda | US news | The Guardian Native Americans gathered at Standing Rock are approaching this Thanksgiving with deeply conflicted feelings. Do they observe the historically dissonant holiday,...
Buckingham planners act on proposed pipeline compressor station
BUCKINGHAM — Buckingham County planners have endorsed a zoning permit for a natural gas compressor station to serve the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline as it slices through the heart of Virginia. The Planning Commission vote on Monday night to recommend approval of a...
Planners recommend approval of permit for compressor station
JORDAN MILES | HERALD Permit opponent Dr. Walter Saxon, left, speaks to planners as Dominion’s Emmett Toms reviews the proposed conditions on the permit. Planners in Buckingham County have recommended approval of a special use permit allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
‘Extraordinarily hot’ Arctic temperatures alarm scientists
Danish and US researchers say warmer air and sea surface could lead to record lows of sea ice at north pole next year | Environment | The Guardian The Arctic is experiencing extraordinarily hot sea surface and air temperatures, which are stopping ice forming and could...
Dakota Access pipeline protester seriously hurt during police standoff
A 21-year-old woman was severely injured and may lose her arm after being hit by a projectile when North Dakota law enforcement officers turned water cannon on Dakota Access pipeline protesters and threw “less-than-lethal” weapons. Sophia Wilansky was one of several...
80,000 Reindeer Have Starved To Death In Siberia Because Of Melting Sea Ice
The Huffington Post When it comes to climate change iconography, there’s perhaps no image more recognizable than that of a lone polar bear marooned on a melting sheet of ice. But as the impacts of a continually warming Earth are felt by more species, new emblematic...
Standing Rock protest: hundreds clash with police over Dakota Access Pipeline
Protesters also reported being hit with rubber bullets and percussion grenades on a bridge just north of the encampments established by indigenous and environmental activists in opposition to the controversial pipeline. Everything you need to know about the...
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