by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 7, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
Neighbors and families are pitted against one another over a natural gas pipeline project in Union Hill. In the end, who stands to lose? ‘Dominion thought they can just come in and we’d all roll over,’ said Ruby Laury, a cattle farmer with her...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 15, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
I’ve lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains for most of my life, often taking for granted the hiking trails, swimming holes, trout streams, and breathtaking beauty. Growing up, I never paused to consider the fragility of our forest ecosystem. I also didn’t know much about...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Dominion Energy is offering $5.1 million for a package of improvements — including expanded emergency services and a new community center — for a predominantly African-American community next to the site of a natural gas compressor station Dominion is proposing in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Pastor Paul Wilson’s Union Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham County is very near Dominion’s proposed compressor station site. 2015, TIMES-DISPATCH A year ago this week, then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe took an important step in creating the state’s first Advisory Council on...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 2, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice
A year ago this week, then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe took an important step in creating the state’s first Advisory Council on Environmental Justice. Heeding the principle that “protection of our natural resources applies equally to all individuals,” the council’s charge is...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 25, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
SELC delivers a clear statement to the SAPCB, laying out the provisions of law that allow them to deny this permit due to the deficiencies of the application to address site suitability, environmental justice, and lack of need. Read the 4 page brief here: SELC Air...
