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
Buckingham Compressor Station Public Hearings for air permit
Hello neighbors near and far! There will be 2 public hearings for air permits for the Buckingham proposed compressor station in September and October, [could be August]. The first will be with the Planning Commission [fourth Mondays - September 26], and then with the...
Hands Across Our Land
Join us! Bring your prayers, t-shirts, signs, hopes n dreams! Thursday, August 18, 6:30 pm Please arrive at 6 pm. Rt 56, Wingina Bridge crossing the James River, linking Nelson and Buckingham Counties. Please see the flyer for the event, link below: haol 2016(2) (1)...
10,000 March in Philly Calling for a Clean Energy Revolution
At high Noon Sunday, with temperatures heading toward 95 degrees, I'm confident I was not the only one preparing to march through the streets of downtown Philadelphia who recalled that old elementary-school story about the wig-wearing drafters of the Declaration of...
Farm Bureau helps landowners in pipeline eminent domain case
When Harrison County Farm Bureau members Carol Teter and John Lovejoy bought their 160-acre farm in eastern Ohio in 2001, they were looking for a quiet place to raise a few animals and live out the second half of their lives. What the couple didn’t anticipate...
Fracking Pipeline Puts Tim Kaine’s Fossil Fuel Industry Ties to the Test
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine is facing pressure from landowners in his home state of Virginia to stand against the planned Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which would carry fracked gas from Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to mid-Atlantic...
Permit sought for pipeline station
Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC has filed a special use permit with the Buckingham County Planning and Zoning Office seeking approval to construct an over 53,000 horse powered natural gas-fired compressor station the firm says is essential to operation of its proposed...
Pipeline company agrees to $177M settlement for 2010 oil spill
By Timothy Cama - 07/20/16 12:04 PM EDT From The Hill Enbridge Inc. has agreed to a $177 million settlement with the federal government to resolve charges related to a pair of oil pipeline spills in 2010 in Michigan and Illinois. The agreement includes a $62 million...
Landowner says policy was broken
Published 3:03 pm Thursday, July 7, 2016 Farmville Herald by Jordan Miles A Buckingham County landowner says Dominion violated its own agreed-to survey process in work on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline while the firm contents it followed the policy. Quinn...
Sludge in our Waters: An Investigation of Industrial Contaminants in Sewage Sludge and the Impacts on Surface Waters in North Carolina
A 27 page report from Riverkeepers of North Carolina on the downstream contamination by the concentrated toxic chemicals in biosolids. Read the report. Haw River Assembly: Defending the river since 1982 Catawba Riverkeeper Mission Statement: We educate and...
Biosolids: Synagro’s Record Compiled by Tyla Matteson and others
Synagro is the private company that distributes the sludge for the wastewater treatment plants which are owned by the state. In Virginia There was a lawsuit involving Synagro’s spreading 1 million gallons of hog waste material from Smithfield’s lagoons. The lawsuit...
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