by Nelson Bailey | Nov 28, 2016 | Conservation, Spiritual Ecology
A new group has formed to preserve, restore and celebrate the history of Alexander Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham — the oldest and first African-American church in the county. A Buckingham Circuit Court judge recently appointed Joseph Scruggs, Mary E. Brown Shelton...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 26, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for months, organizers said on Saturday, despite state officials encouraging them to do so. US news | The Guardian Protesters block Route...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 24, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
Standing Rock: injured protester’s father says police account is ‘bogus nonsense’ | US news | The Guardian Officers claim protesters set off explosion but Sophia Wilansky’s father and on-site medical professionals say injury is ‘entirely consistent’...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 24, 2016 | Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Standing Rock Thanksgiving: a day of mourning, resistance and Jane Fonda | US news | The Guardian Native Americans gathered at Standing Rock are approaching this Thanksgiving with deeply conflicted feelings. Do they observe the historically dissonant holiday,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 22, 2016 | Compressor Stations
BUCKINGHAM — Buckingham County planners have endorsed a zoning permit for a natural gas compressor station to serve the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline as it slices through the heart of Virginia. The Planning Commission vote on Monday night to recommend approval of a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 22, 2016 | Compressor Stations
JORDAN MILES | HERALD Permit opponent Dr. Walter Saxon, left, speaks to planners as Dominion’s Emmett Toms reviews the proposed conditions on the permit. Planners in Buckingham County have recommended approval of a special use permit allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 22, 2016 | Climate Change, Health & Safety
Danish and US researchers say warmer air and sea surface could lead to record lows of sea ice at north pole next year | Environment | The Guardian The Arctic is experiencing extraordinarily hot sea surface and air temperatures, which are stopping ice forming and could...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 22, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
A 21-year-old woman was severely injured and may lose her arm after being hit by a projectile when North Dakota law enforcement officers turned water cannon on Dakota Access pipeline protesters and threw “less-than-lethal” weapons. Sophia Wilansky was one of several...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Politics of energy
The Huffington Post When it comes to climate change iconography, there’s perhaps no image more recognizable than that of a lone polar bear marooned on a melting sheet of ice. But as the impacts of a continually warming Earth are felt by more species, new emblematic...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 21, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Protesters also reported being hit with rubber bullets and percussion grenades on a bridge just north of the encampments established by indigenous and environmental activists in opposition to the controversial pipeline. Everything you need to know about the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 20, 2016 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline has landed its first potential natural gas customer outside of Tidewater — the largest private employer in Buckingham County — on the eve of a pivotal vote by county planners on a proposed compressor station that has sparked...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 20, 2016 | Pipelines, Uncategorized
Presidential politics and property rights take center stage as Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipeline opponents strategize post-election. In the Natural Bridge Hotel lobby before a pipeline summit in opposition to two planned fracked-gas pipelines, two words...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 20, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge
A long-awaited public comment period has opened for those wishing to respond to a permit proposal that would allow the application of biosolids to nearly 2,000 acres in Nelson County. [A large targeted acreage is on the James River in the Manteo area, across from...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 19, 2016 | Compressor Stations
Farmville Herald Published 11:11 am Friday, November 18, 2016 Editor’s note: The 40 proposed conditions are below this story. Buckingham’s planning and zoning office has released 40 conditions as part of an on-going special use permit process where Atlantic Coast...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 19, 2016 | Compressor Stations
Farmville Herald Published 11:17 pm Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Buckingham County could have control and access to a natural gas tap off of a lateral line from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project (ACP). Kyanite Mining Corp. — one of Buckingham’s largest...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 17, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events
Article from The Farmville Herald November 17, 2016 BUCKINGHAM — The Buckingham County Planning Commission will meet Monday November 21 at 6 p.m. to consider a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 17, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines
From article in Augusta Free Press dated November 16, 2016. Residents of the Union Hill and Union Grove communities presented a Community Veto Resolution to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors opposing the proposed natural gas compressor station in Buckingham...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
BY DEVIN HENRY – 11/15/16 12:05 PM EST Regulators have finalized a rule cracking down on methane leaks at natural gas drilling sites on federal land. The rule, released Tuesday by the Interior Department, updates 30-year-old regulations on methane venting,...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 15, 2016 | Conservation, Health & Safety, Renewables
By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch A group of 18 major corporations, including big names such as Microsoft, Walmart, Best Buy, Ikea, Staples and Mars Inc., among others, have sent a letter to state lawmakers and the Virginia State Corporation Commission calling...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
A group of 18 major businesses, including big names such as Walmart, Best Buy, Ikea, Staples and Mars, Inc., have sent a letter sent to state lawmakers and the Virginia State Corporation Commission calling for “an explicit legal framework” to expand access...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 13, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
A Report from the EPA, Office of Inspector General September 29, 2014 Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness. The EPA regulates...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 13, 2016 | Conservation, Renewables
Your Renewable News Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 The Sutton Steam Plant in Wilmington ended its service with a bang, another significant milestone in Duke Energy’s campaign to replace older, less-efficient plants with cleaner energy for its customers. An early-morning...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 12, 2016 | Renewables, Sustainability
Solar Power now has more employees than either the Oil & Gas or Coal Extraction industries in the United States. The solar industry employed approximately 208,000 individuals at the end of 2015 versus 185,000+ in Solar Power now has more employees than either the...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2016 | Climate Change, Endangered Species, Health & Safety
Pretty Much Every Living Thing Is Already Feeling The Effects Of Climate Change | The Huffington Post Climate change has already touched almost all life on the planet, even under moderate rates of global warming, according to a report published Thursday in the journal...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2016 | Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Pastor Paul Wilson Chad Oba The pastor of two Baptist churches near a proposed natural gas fired 53,515 horsepower compressor station — part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project — is decrying the alleged threat of arrest of seven women...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2016 | For Landowners, Pipelines
In a scene resembling a church service, opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline gathered under a tent Sunday at the Rockfish Valley Community Center in Nelson County as several spoke of how the controversial project personally affects them. Among “testifiers,” as...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
http://www.buckinghamcountyva.org/Board%20Minutes/2015/January%2012,%202015.pdf BUCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BY-LAWS AND RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES CREATION BUCKINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JANUARY 12, 2015 The Buckingham County Board of...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
http://www.buckinghamcountyva.org/Planning%20Commission%20Packets/2016/PC%20P By-Laws Article 1-Objectives 1-1. The Buckingham County Planning Commission was established in conformance with aresolution adopted by the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors on February...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health & Safety
By: Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) November 07 2016 As Virginia faced new fracking interest in recent years, the state’s oil and gas protections lagged far behind other states. Communities across the state worked with SELC and other stakeholders to address...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Politics of energy, Renewables, Solar
Written by Jim Pierobon After it securing only 51% of votes — short of the needed 60% — here are the most on-point reactions by solar advocates who hailed Amendment 1’s defeat as a “true David and Goliath battle.” Tory Perfetti, chairman of Floridians for Solar Choice...
