by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 13, 2018 | Newsletter
Hi Everybody! It’s been a long week, so let’s just get this going… Virginia Agrees to Comment Period on ACP Stream Crossings The adequacy of stream crossing plans in Virginia for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline will be the subject of a new 30-day public comment period, in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 8, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 5, 2018 | Newsletter
Hi there, Everybody! I hope you’ve all had a productive week. It’s Thursday and you know what that means… Governor Northam Calls for Review of State Environmental Regulations An Executive Order directing Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality to conduct “a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 29, 2018 | Newsletter
Howdy! So, we’ve apparently 180’d right into Spring…which is fine…my flip flops need a workout! I’m sure yours do too! Bit of a mixed bag this week, but a pretty major win on one account, so let’s check that out, shall we? Tree Felling Extension for ACP Denied...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 24, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 23, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 23, 2018 | Newsletter
Hi again! So, as excited as I am about a foot of snow…well, it’s getting to be time, isn’t it? At least Daylight Savings has kicked in…there’s light at the end of the tunnel now! Anyway, a lot happened this week…some good, some less so. Let’s check it out, shall we?...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 23, 2018 | Newsletter
Standing in opposition to Dominion’s proposed pipeline in Nelson County CSI Seeks FERC Investigation of Potential ACP Violations On March 14, 2018, we reported on the first incident report from the Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), apparent unauthorized...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 21, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Buckingham: We the People (BWTP) is proud to announce the completion of their proposed ordinance, the James River Natural Community Bill of Rights (CBOR). The group has been working closely with Ben Price, of the Community Environmental Legal Defense (CELDF)...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 7, 2018 | Newsletter
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 15, 2018 | Press Releases
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by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 11, 2018 | Newsletter
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 11, 2018 | Events, Regulatory Permit Process
Dominion & Atlantic Coast Pipeline want to override Buckingham County’s important FEMA Floodplain Management Ordinance protections. ACP needs approvals from Buckingham County Board of Supervisors to cross 7 floodplains in Buckingham County. The proposal is...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 9, 2018 | Newsletter
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by Nelson Bailey | Feb 5, 2018 | Economic Impacts, Pipelines
Gov. Roy Cooper last week brokered a controversial memorandum of understanding with Dominion Power, which co-owns with Duke Energy, the even more controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Under the agreement, Duke and Dominion will pay a total of $57.8 million to a...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 5, 2018 | Accidents, Pipelines
BISMARCK, N.D. — Crestwood Equity Partners has paid a $49,000 fine to the Environmental Protection Agency for a pipeline leak in 2014 that spilled 1 million gallons of produced water on the Fort Berthold Reservation in northwestern North Dakota and contaminated Lake...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 2, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
RALEIGH About 30 protesters occupied Gov. Roy Cooper’s office Friday morning in downtown Raleigh, launching what they called a civil disobedience movement to block the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Protesters said they are initiating the next stage of...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 2, 2018 | Newsletter
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by Nelson Bailey | Feb 1, 2018 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels
Noble County, OH — First responders were on the scene of a pipeline explosion and fire in Noble County early Wednesday morning. Officials say the incident happened around 2:30 a.m. about 3 miles north of Summerfield along State Route 513. The pipeline has been...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 1, 2018 | For Landowners, Fossil Fuels
With just a few hours remaining until Thursday, the day that Mountain Valley Pipeline had hoped to start work on a natural gas pipeline through Southwest Virginia, a judge put a pause to those plans. The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth Dillon came...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 30, 2018 | Press Releases
Dominion’s application for a Special Use Permit has struck a nerve in this county. Over 30 acres of land currently zoned for agricultural use along the Scenic Highway would be turned into an industrial zone with over 400 workers a day commuting to this site....
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 30, 2018 | Press Releases
Wild Virginia Press Release: On January 29, 2018, attorneys representing Wild Virginia and ten other citizen groups filed suit in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, asking the court to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 30, 2018 | Events
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by Nelson Bailey | Jan 28, 2018 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
KIMBERLY PAYNTER / WHYY Mariner East 2 construction site in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. The federal pipeline regulator has issued a notice of probable violation to Sunoco after discovering flawed sections of pipe on a section of the route in Ohio. A section of...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 26, 2018 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Jan 25, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is not a “done deal” and the zoning variance Dominion Energy and its partners seek and that would destroy the hard work and dreams of the Ryan Blosser family is not a “done deal” either. The ACP, if built, will...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 22, 2018 | Health & Safety, Natural Gas
Five people were missing Monday after an explosion at an Oklahoma drilling rig sent plumes of black smoke into the sky, emergency officials said. The drilling rig in Quinton, about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa, exploded just before 9 a.m. while about two dozen people...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 21, 2018 | Newsletter
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 21, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Duke Energy and other advocates for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have come up with a peculiar new justification for the $5 billion project – climate change. They say this winter’s record-setting run of sub-freezing temperatures led to a spike in natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 18, 2018 | Press Releases
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