by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 17, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 17, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Demonstrators outside the governor’s offices on Broad Street in Richmond Friday protest Gov. Ralph Northam’s decision to remove two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board as it weighs a crucial permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. (Virginia...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 16, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
For the past several months, I’ve been vocal about my opposition to the two proposed fracked gas pipelines being proposed in Virginia, one of which is owned by Dominion Energy. I’ve joined hundreds of Virginians in raising our specific concerns to Governor Ralph...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 16, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Food & Water Watch gathers coalition of clean energy advocates to announce visionary Off Fossil Fuels by 2035 state bill announcement in light of shocking insights about Dominion’s dirty legacy We all need safe food and clean water. By Jackie Filson 11.15.18...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Statewide Conservation Groups Call on Northam to Reverse Decision to Replace Air Board Members During Pending Permit Decision FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Nov. 15 Media Contacts: Claudine McElwain | cmcelwain@selcva.org | 434-977-4090 Lee Francis...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Gov. Ralph Northam is removing two members from the State Air Pollution Control Board, a move that comes less than a week after they raised concerns about a natural gas compressor station planned for a historic black community in Buckingham County and ahead of the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Gov. Ralph Northam will replace two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board and at least one member of the State Water Control Board more than four months after their terms ended. Notably, the decision to replace the two members of the air board — Rebecca...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
I’ve lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains for most of my life, often taking for granted the hiking trails, swimming holes, trout streams, and breathtaking beauty. Growing up, I never paused to consider the fragility of our forest ecosystem. I also didn’t know much about...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC is proposing the approximately 600-mile unidirectional, open access Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to transport Marcellus-Utica shale gas from West Virginia, through Virginia, and ending in North Carolina. Four energy corporations –...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 12, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
The Transco Pipeline cuts through the forests of Buckingham County and crosses Route 56 in the foreground. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline will pass through Buckingham and connect to this pipeline, and a compressor station will be built at the intersection. Timothy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
The State Air Pollution Control Board heard public comments all day Thursday November 8 at the Convention Center, Richmond on the proposed Buckingham compressor station. Friday morning the DEQ presented, and then Dominion presented, with air board members asking...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Dominion Energy is offering $5.1 million for a package of improvements — including expanded emergency services and a new community center — for a predominantly African-American community next to the site of a natural gas compressor station Dominion is proposing in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Pastor Paul Wilson’s Union Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham County is very near Dominion’s proposed compressor station site. 2015, TIMES-DISPATCH A year ago this week, then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe took an important step in creating the state’s first Advisory Council on...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 4, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 2, 2018 | Economic Impacts, Politics of energy
Ken Cuccinelli, a Republican, served as Virginia’s attorney general from 2010 to 2014. In Shipman, Va., a family that has held its homestead for generations, tending graves of ancestors and buildings erected by great-great grandfathers, struggles to understand why it...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 2, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
We now have a summary of all the public comments to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the proposed Buckingham Compressor Station air permit, made during the public comment period in August and September, thanks to the incredibly hard work of folks...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 2, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice
A year ago this week, then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe took an important step in creating the state’s first Advisory Council on Environmental Justice. Heeding the principle that “protection of our natural resources applies equally to all individuals,” the council’s charge is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 1, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board (APCB) is about to consider a permit for a natural gas compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The site being considered for this compressor station is inappropriate, yet the Virginia Department of Environmental...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 28, 2018 | Climate Change, Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
Exclusive: Simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more, but ‘a smog of complacency pervades the planet’, says Dr Tedros Adhanom • Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Air pollution is the new tobacco. Time to tackle this epidemic...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 27, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 27, 2018 | Regulatory Permit Process
“Based on the information available at the time of this review, the requirements established in this draft permit make BCS the most stringently controlled compressor station in Virginia and in the United States. The pollutant limits and monitoring requirements...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 25, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
It can’t be said enough, and it’s something that’s easy to lose sight of amid the labyrinthine legal and permitting debates around the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which could be getting federal approval to start full construction in Virginia any minute now. The need for...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 25, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
SELC delivers a clear statement to the SAPCB, laying out the provisions of law that allow them to deny this permit due to the deficiencies of the application to address site suitability, environmental justice, and lack of need. Read the 4 page brief here: SELC Air...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 23, 2018 | Regulatory Permit Process
The Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) has learned that Robert Dunn, Chairman of the Virginia State Water Control Board, did not understand the ramifications of the Board’s actions on water quality certifications for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 19, 2018 | Economic Impacts, Regulatory Permit Process
Excellent papers on the economics of these pipelines. To Understand Pipeline Economics Follow the Money Excerpts from Comments to the SCC_Aug17-2018 Hadwin-Comments_Air-Quality-Permit-Buckingham-Compressor-Station You can also go to this site for more articles, which...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 18, 2018 | Events, Press Releases
RICHMOND – On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, a delegation of faith and community leaders will meet with Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to urge him to add his powerful voice to the movement to stop the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and the Atlantic Coast...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 15, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Events
Join us! We are attending an event called Richmond, Virginia Poor People’s Hearing. RSVP today and join the Virginia Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and National Co-Chairs Rev. Drs. Barber and Theoharis as we hold a Poor...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 14, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 14, 2018 | Events, Fossil Fuels
Humpback Rocks Visitor Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway JOIN HANDS to protect our land, communities and the Appalachian Trail from the unnecessary and unwanted onslaught of natural gas pipelines. This event features the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s vision to...
