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
Company: 1 dead, several injured in Colonial Pipeline blast
HELENA, Ala. — An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama killed one worker and injured several others Monday not far from where the line burst and leaked thousands of gallons of gasoline last month, authorities said.Colonial Pipeline Co. said in...
What They Say vs What They Do
What They Say vs What They Do by Ellen Bouton A DCMediaGroup article on October 27, 2016, reports that Loudoun County lawmakers and officials "are bewildered by Dominion Resources Inc.'s latest plans to upgrade a natural gas pipeline compressor station in Loudoun...
No action taken on permit: Subcommittee created to look at station conditions
Though planners took no action on a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural gas fired compressor station on Route 56 between Shelton Store and Union Hill roads, the Buckingham County Planning...
FERC pipeline ‘sessions’ to harvest comments about project’s draft environmental impact statement
Posted: Monday, October 31, 2016 12:00 am By Duncan Adams duncan.adams@roanoke.com 981-3324 The “scoping meetings” in May 2015 included a few boisterous moments. That was true when a project manager for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission declared unequivocally...
Dakota Access Pipeline Shooting Victim Was An Armed Instigator, Protesters Claim
Dakota Access Pipeline Shooting Victim Was An Armed Instigator, Protesters Claim | Huffington Post A man who North Dakota authorities had said was shot by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters was actually an armed instigator linked to the pipeline company, Standing Rock...
North Dakota pipeline: 141 arrests as protesters pushed back from site
| US news | The Guardian Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil pipeline. Read More
Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists
Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists | US news | The Guardian Private security guards who deployed dogs on protesters at a North Dakota oil pipeline demonstration were not properly licensed and could face criminal charges,...
‘Pipelines blow up and people die’
On June 10, 1999, a few days after his high school graduation, Liam Wood unexpectedly got an afternoon off work and decided to go fly-fishing on a creek near his hometown of Bellingham, Washington. About 100 miles away, operators missed the signs of a pressure spike...
North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Arrested By Police With Pepper Spray
North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Arrested By Police With Pepper Spray | Huffington Post More than 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with police near a pipeline construction site in North Dakota, according to the local sheriff’s department, which...
Spills are more common thanks to aging pipelines
by Chris Isidore @CNNMoneySeptember 21, 2016: 11:50 AM ET Gasoline pipelines in the U.S. are really old, which means spills and leaks are only going to become more common. The Colonial Pipeline leak that caused gasoline shortages and a price spike throughout the...
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