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.
Pipelines & Compressor Stations
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Buckingham kyanite company seeks natural gas from controversial planned pipeline
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline has landed its first potential natural gas customer outside of Tidewater — the largest private employer in Buckingham County — on the eve of a pivotal vote by county planners on a proposed compressor station that has sparked...
Fighting a mid-Atlantic pipeline in the age of Trump
Presidential politics and property rights take center stage as Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipeline opponents strategize post-election. In the Natural Bridge Hotel lobby before a pipeline summit in opposition to two planned fracked-gas pipelines, two words...
Subcommittee releases proposed conditions for station
Farmville Herald Published 11:11 am Friday, November 18, 2016 Editor’s note: The 40 proposed conditions are below this story. Buckingham’s planning and zoning office has released 40 conditions as part of an on-going special use permit process where Atlantic Coast...
County could get access to natural gas tap, 200 acres on lateral line
Farmville Herald Published 11:17 pm Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Buckingham County could have control and access to a natural gas tap off of a lateral line from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project (ACP). Kyanite Mining Corp. — one of Buckingham’s largest...
Possible compressor vote Monday | Farmville
Article from The Farmville Herald November 17, 2016 BUCKINGHAM — The Buckingham County Planning Commission will meet Monday November 21 at 6 p.m. to consider a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural...
Buckingham residents call for community veto of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compressor Station
From article in Augusta Free Press dated November 16, 2016. Residents of the Union Hill and Union Grove communities presented a Community Veto Resolution to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors opposing the proposed natural gas compressor station in Buckingham...
Feds target methane leaks on public land
BY DEVIN HENRY - 11/15/16 12:05 PM EST Regulators have finalized a rule cracking down on methane leaks at natural gas drilling sites on federal land. The rule, released Tuesday by the Interior Department, updates 30-year-old regulations on methane venting, flaring and...
Major companies call for more renewable energy options in Virginia – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond Business News From The RTD
By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch A group of 18 major corporations, including big names such as Microsoft, Walmart, Best Buy, Ikea, Staples and Mars Inc., among others, have sent a letter to state lawmakers and the Virginia State Corporation Commission calling...
EPA Report: More Action Is Needed to Protect Water Resources From Unmonitored Hazardous Chemicals
A Report from the EPA, Office of Inspector General September 29, 2014 Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness. The EPA regulates...
Pretty Much Every Living Thing Is Already Feeling The Effects Of Climate Change
Pretty Much Every Living Thing Is Already Feeling The Effects Of Climate Change | The Huffington Post Climate change has already touched almost all life on the planet, even under moderate rates of global warming, according to a report published Thursday in the journal...
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