by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 2, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 2, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Politics of energy
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 2, 2016 | Compressor Stations
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 2, 2016 | Fossil Fuels
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 11, 2016 | Environmental Justice, For Landowners
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 11, 2016 | Events
Prizes for Fundraising Raffle Drawing September 14, 2016 at FoB monthly meeting at Union Hill Baptist Church 1496 Union Hill Road Buckingham 23921 The tickets are now available: $5 per ticket, 3 for $10. More prizes pending! This list will be updated as more donors...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Bio-Solids, Sludge, Health & Safety
US EPA’s 503 sludge rule (1993) allows treated sewage sludges, aka biosolids, to be land-applied to farms, forests, parks, school playgrounds, home gardens and other private and public lands. According to a recent EPA survey, biosolids contain a wide range of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice
Buckingham County faces the irony of being the only Virginia county already targeted for geometrically higher climate change and environmental health impacts to a front-line community from the sole 68 acre industrial complex compressor station, that is also targeted...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 4, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events
Wednesday July 13, 7 pm. Union Hill Baptist Church, 1496 Union Hill Road, (Rt. 663), Buckingham 23921. Come to join with friends and neighbors to meet and greet fellow landowners and concerned citizens. Learn how ordinary folks worked together to stop the Keystone XL...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 30, 2016 | Events, Pipelines, Video & Audio
Exciting news! Jane Kleeb, a leader in defeating the Keystone XL pipeline, and a founder of Bold Nebraska, and the Cowboy & Indian Alliance, will join us July 23rd in Richmond as we take our fight to Governor McAuliffe’s doorstep. Watch her special message...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 30, 2016 | Climate Change, Events, Fossil Fuels
On July 23, Friends of Buckingham will join more than 60 other student, faith, social justice, and environmental groups from all across Virginia to tell Governor Terry McAuliffe that we need a better plan to stop harmful carbon emissions, take away the power of big...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 30, 2016 | Climate Change, Events, Politics of energy
An open letter to Governor Terry McAuliffe and the people of the Commonwealth By March on the Mansion partners June 15, 2016 We speak today with a unified voice dedicated to energy justice, democratic renewal, and healthy communities in Virginia. We believe it’s...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 30, 2016 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Gov. McAuliffe is Close to Failing on Key Energy and Climate Issues Improvement Plan: The Governor Can Bring Up His Grade Significantly with a Strong “Clean Power Plan” that Reduces Total Pollution Overall, the Governor’s two-year record on these vital energy issues...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 30, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Video & Audio
“On the morning of May 17, 2016, a crew from Dominion/Atlantic Coast Pipeline [ACP] came onto my property to survey the proposed route of the pipeline in the Andersonville area of Buckingham County. Notice of this intrusion was made by an attorney representing...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 22, 2016 | Coal, Health & Safety
Prince William County has ordered additional water tests at two houses near Dominion Virginia Power’s coal ash ponds despite a report from a county-hired contractor …“One reason we’re going out and doing more testing is because some of those test results were...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 19, 2016 | Economic Impacts, Natural Gas, Pipelines
In our region, the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline has aroused controversy. So has another proposed natural gas line through Southwestern Virginia. A new Source: Study: Mountain Valley Pipeline Will Cost Billions to Locals | WMRA
by Kenda Hanuman | May 19, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels
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by Kenda Hanuman | May 19, 2016 | Pipelines, Renewables
On Wednesday, a pair of state leaders sat down with people in Albemarle County in hopes of hearing any concerns about the work they’re doing. Source: Virginia Democrats Toscano and Deeds Host Town Hall – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 19, 2016 | Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 18, 2016 | Spiritual Ecology, Sustainability
It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old, for hope must not depend on feeling good and there is the dream of loneliness at absolute midnight. You also have withdrawn belief in the present reality of the future, which surely will surprise us, and hope is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 18, 2016 | Regulatory Permit Process
Bath County Supervisors voted unanimously to file their letter of opposition to the ACP with FERC. Read more here: ABRA Press Release – Unanimous vote for pipeline opposition in Bath – 5-17-16 Lewis Freeman, Chair/Executive Director of ABRA, issued this...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 17, 2016 | FERC communications, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
“the ratepayers of the utilities that have contracted to ship gas through the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would be burdened with the costs of building” the additional pipeline, even though adequate gas can be delivered through existing pipelines....
by Kenda Hanuman | May 14, 2016 | Natural Gas, Press Releases
The science is clear. The only way we can prevent a climate catastrophe, is to keep fossil fuels in the ground. This is a global awakening, with a week of actions around the world. The above photo is part of a dramatic action in Australia, to shut down the...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 13, 2016 | Climate Change, Compressor Stations, Natural Gas
Agency finalizes commonsense standards for new, modified and reconstructed sources and takes the first step on the path to regulate existing oil and gas operations Source: EPA Releases First-Ever Standards to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector | U.S....
by Kenda Hanuman | May 13, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, For Landowners
The Union Hill community in Buckingham has been named one of Virginia’s most endangered historic places by Preservation Virginia due to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s (ACP) proximity to the area. Dominion and three other partners are seeking federal approval...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 12, 2016 | Events, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Protest organizers, which favor solar and wind energy over natural gas, included the environmental groups Appalachian Voices and Chesapeake Climate Action Network. “Dominion’s plans to invest billions in fracked-gas power plants and pipelines will shackle its...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 9, 2016 | Events, Uncategorized
Fundraiser Concert for Friends of Buckingham & Yogaville Environmental Solutions on May 22 at 7:30 pm, Sivananda Hall, Yogaville Click here for the flyer Fundraiser Concert May 22 2016 Stephen Siva Longfellow Fiske and Adrienne Young-Ramsey will inspire us with...
by Kenda Hanuman | May 7, 2016 | Climate Change, Politics of energy
May 05, 2016 Walton Shepherd In proposing the equivalent of buying a Ferrari to take a trip to the grocery store Source: 13 Billion Reasons McAuliffe Should Disregard Dominion’s Gold-plated Electricity Boondoggle | NRDC
