by Nelson Bailey | Aug 18, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allow Buckingham County access and control of 200 acres along a proposed lateral line off of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) could be agreed to by all parties as soon as next month. “We finally have reached a...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 16, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
More than 70 people spoke during a contentious Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) public hearing in Jarman Hall at Longwood University on Thursday held to receive comments on draft water quality certifications “designed to protect water quality” along...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 15, 2017 | Press Releases
We continue to read articles about the ongoing effort by Pennsylvania Democrats and some squishy Republicans to slap a severance tax on top of an existing impact tax on natural gas drilling in the Keystone State. As we pointed out yesterday, Philadelphia teacher’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 14, 2017 | Events
Protest at Virginia Dominion Power August 16 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. , Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, protest against the ACP. Bring your signs...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 13, 2017 | Fracking, Press Releases
Why is fracking exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, and five other bedrock environmental laws? In 2005, thanks to oil and gas industry lobbying, the EPA was stripped of its authority to regulate fracking. It’s called the Halliburton loophole....
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 12, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Press Releases
You don’t need to rely on environmentalists’ climate calculations to know the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is carbon budget buster. Just look at the numbers provided in the past month by Dominion Energy Virginia and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. On July 14th,...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 12, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Press Releases
Southern California Edison President Ron Nichols says battery advancements are reshaping how the utility thinks about generating resources new and old. Two years ago, a San Diego Gas and Electric executive announced a bold aspiration at the Energy Storage North...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 12, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 11, 2017 | Events, Health & Safety
ARRISONBURG – Before heading into James Madison University’s Festival Conference & Student Center on Monday evening, opponents and supporters of the proposed 600-mile, three-state Atlantic Coast Pipeline traded shouts across the lawn. As they held colorful signs...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 11, 2017 | Events
David Paylor, director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, listened Thursday afternoon to residents of a small community in Giles County who are destined to live in a “high consequence area” if the Mountain Valley Pipeline project moves...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 11, 2017 | Events, Press Releases
Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Power (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 11, 2017 | Events, Press Releases
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing “401 water quality certifications” for both the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines. Citizens can both speak at a hearing and send in written comments. The purpose of the hearings is to obtain...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Pipelines
I think it is reasonable to expect household plumbing to leak. Now add to that a 42-inch, high-pressure, toxic, fracked-gas, 600-mile pipeline with shutoff valves every 20 miles and one Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration inspector for every 5,000...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Press Releases
Editor: On July 6, The Herald published “Walk celebrates the land,” covering the story of a handful of Virginians who walked more than 140 miles to cover part of the path that the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) would take through Virginia. The event, entitled...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Press Releases
On June 19th, 2017 we answered Bold Appalachia’s call to defund the pipeline infrastructure which threatens not just Virginia, but the nation as a whole, by asking Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney to Divest from the City’s primary commercial bank, Wells Fargo....
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Press Releases
One of the state’s most influential corporations and 35 banks hope to make money from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Business and labor groups have lined up behind it, as has Virginia’s governor, but opponents say it’s not a done deal. They plan to fight the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality, which is using a Mechanicsville-based environmental consulting firm to review the reams of plans that lay out how a pair of massive pending pipeline projects will manage erosion, sediment and stormwater during and after...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Pipelines
I take great exception with Aaron Ruby’s comments in Gabe Cavallaro’s Aug. 2 story regarding Dominion’s treatment of property owners whose property would be taken from them by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Mr. Ruby states that they will be treated fairly and...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
There’s something magical about standing in a place and realizing that in every direction you look, there are mountains. It’s as if you’re sitting in a natural fortress, or a protected oasis. Walking on the soil that is slated to be uprooted by the Atlantic Coast...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Politics of energy
A Stark county family says they’ve had enough of Dominion Energy. Back in February, Robert and Debbie Merchant received a letter from Dominion Energy that ordered them to remove their driveway. The driveway has been on the property for more than 50 years. Last...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
HARRISONBURG – Before heading into James Madison University’s Festival Conference & Student Center on Monday evening, opponents and supporters of the proposed 600-mile, three-state Atlantic Coast Pipeline traded shouts across the lawn. As they held colorful signs...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | Press Releases
Senator Andy Dinniman Pennsylvania State Senator Andy Dinniman (Democrat from Chester County, PA, near Philadelphia) is an anti-driller and anti-pipeliner. Dinniman recently introduced three bills that would, if passed, fundamentally change the economics and...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 7, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 7, 2017 | Pipelines
Letter writer perpetuates ‘fake news’ to support pipeline In the frequently published writings of Tom McDonald, one thing is consistently clear; he does not fact check his writings before submitting them, perpetuating fake news (“Pipeline opponents once...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 7, 2017 | Press Releases
DEQ’s Process Meets Dominion’s Schedule Instead of Ensuring Water is Protected The State Water Control Board will vote at the end of October to approve or deny the 401 water quality certification. We are now calling on the State Water Control Board to reject the 401...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 7, 2017 | Events
Anti-Pipeline Group Plans to Attend Public Hearing on Proposed Pipelines Kay Ferguson with Walking the Line HARRISONBURG, Va. (WVIR) -Environmental regulators in Virginia are kicking off a series of public hearings on the plans to protect water quality with the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 5, 2017 | Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is currently planning to permit developers of the massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines to drive a gash through the headwaters, streams, and wetlands of six major river basins, including the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
By Traci Hickson August 3, 2017 An area below compressor station construction site related to Rover Pipeline, where DEP inspectors say concentrated sediment runoff overwhelms the control fences that are being used by the company. If you think silt fences will hold...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
One of the pillars of a democracy is a strong free press. One of the strengths of an independent newspaper is a lively and thriving editorial and letters to the editor page. There people can express their opinions freely, even if their opinions are not based on facts....
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | Press Releases
Sharon Ponton, a Virginia organizer with the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, is recommending to the State Water Control Board and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that the 401 Water Certification Process for the proposed Atlantic Coast and...
