by Kenda Hanuman | Mar 29, 2016 | Conservation
Together with the city of Charlottesville, the Local Energy Alliance Program is offering the Clean Energy Loan Fund to help promote a greener city. Source: LEAP, Charlottesville Offer Program to Help Businesses Go Green – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 26, 2016 | Pipelines
By MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch Steel pipe will begin rolling off a production line next month for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but a Dominion-led development company is still awaiting federal review of a newly revised route for the proposed 600-mile project....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 26, 2016 | Economic Impacts
This new wave of bad loans isn’t the same magnitude of the housing bust, but it reflects similar behaviors. Borrowers feasted on what Bloomberg estimates was $237 billion of easy money without scrutinizing whether the loans could endure a drastic downturn. The...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 26, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
RICHMOND, Va (WVIR) – Good coverage: 2 1/2 minute video from NBC Activists are calling for an explanation and different decisions from the commonwealth’s lead environmental regulator. A group of about 20 gathered outside the Department of Environmental...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 29, 2016 | Renewables, Sustainability
Image Courtesy Columbia Power Charlottesville-based Columbia Power just returned from an international conference in Scotland, where it was awarded one of the only statements of feasibility for wave power technology. Source: Charlottesville Company Reaches Milestone...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 28, 2016 | Climate Change, Health & Safety
Some in Congress have tried to convince us that climate change is the business of polar bears — that African-Americans are more interested in the money than the environment. That just isn’t true. Source: Opinion/Commentary: Clean power can help fuel black communities...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 24, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
ELDRED – U.S. Congressman Chris Gibson is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for an independent study to review the health impacts of Source: Gibson wants study of health impacts of compressor stations – News – recordonline.com –...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 23, 2016 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Natural gas pipeline opponents asked the Virginia Supreme Court on Tuesday to accept their case to determine whether a state law that allows surveyors onto private property without permission runs afoul of Virginia’s constitution. Source: Pipeline foes argue property...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 19, 2016 | PEIS, Pipelines, Politics of energy
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by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 18, 2016 | Conservation, Endangered Species, Pipelines
Rick Webb of the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, also based in Virginia, responded, “Dominion fails to recognize … that the real issue is construction of a major pipeline through the greatest concentration of remaining wild lands, pristine streams, and...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 18, 2016 | Economic Impacts
Source: SNL: Opponents of Atlantic Coast outline local costs of pipeline; Dominion objects | SNL
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 17, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events
A Charlottesville based economics group researched the project and say the counties involved will be losing millions. Dominion disagrees. There are some serious errors here. Please let Newsplex know. Source: New Study Says Atlantic Coast Pipeline Won’t Be...
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 13, 2016 | Climate Change, Sustainability
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 13, 2016 | FERC communications, PEIS
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by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 13, 2016 | FERC communications, Natural Gas
appalmad white paper onghgemissions of 4 pipeline and request for a cultural analysis COMMENTS TO FERC OF THE VIRGINIA CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND CULTURAL ATTACHMENT
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 11, 2016 | FERC communications, Natural Gas
108 pages: ACP.106.Surveys.WV.VA.NC
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 8, 2016 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
WILL AMERICA live up to its commitments under the recent climate negotiations in Paris? It’s an open question – and an early test will come in Virginia. Source: Bill McKibben & Mike Tidwell: Will McAuliffe honor Paris or Dominion? | Guest Columnist |...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 2, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
DEQ Response to Dominion: Air Permit Application
by Kenda Hanuman | Feb 2, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Application permit application to DEQ from Dominion-3
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 28, 2016 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels
Source: Attention Gov. McAuliffe: New Study Demolishes Arguments for New Virginia Natural Gas Pipelines | Blue Virginia
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 26, 2016 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
Home News News Source: Groups urge McAuliffe to buck Dominion on Clean Power Plan | Environment | pilotonline.com
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 25, 2016 | Economic Impacts, Natural Gas
Dominion photo Capps To Retire As Dominion CEO On December 31; Farrell Elected CEO Effective January 1, 2006 View the latest news from Dominion. Source: Dominion News
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 25, 2016 | Climate Change, Pipelines
‘This business of driving stakes through the heart of one project after another is exhausting,’ writes McKibben. (Photo: via Earth Island Journal) When I was a kid, I was creepily fascinated by the wrongheaded idea, current in my grade school, that...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 23, 2016 | Natural Gas, Video & Audio
photo source www.power-eng.com http://www.domtruth.org Take the tour and take action! Source: VA Energy Tour
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 23, 2016 | PEIS
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by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 22, 2016 | Endangered Species, PEIS, Pipelines
CREDIT: Shutterstock The Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s proposed route crossed two national forests, and in doing so threatened endangered salamanders, flying squirrels, and restoration areas. Source: Officials Reject Gas Pipeline Route That Would Have Run Through...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 22, 2016 | Endangered Species, Pipelines, Video & Audio
The National Forest Services says no to the current route proposed for a pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. Credit USDA Environmentalists are celebrating today, after the National Forest Service rejected a proposed route for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 22, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation
James Yang for The New York Times The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. We get it. This is your cheat sheet. Source: Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change – The New York Times
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 22, 2016 | Climate Change, Fossil Fuels
Drill crews worked at a shale well in Berthoud, Colo., in December. Credit Nick cote for The New York Times The rules, aimed at gas and oil drilling on public lands, are intended to curb the release of methane, which contributes to global warming. Source: New...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 21, 2016 | Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels
Waterston lobbies on Capitol Hill in 2009. (CQ Roll Call File Photo) Ted Danson, Sam Waterson and Kate Walsh join Reps. Mark Sanford and Jared Huffman in push against industrial offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Source: Celebrities Lend Hand for Coastal Voices...
