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Big company, big dollars, small community: Dominion deal sparks dissent in community facing gas project

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Events, Regulatory Permit Process

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Chad Oba huddled on a narrow median strip, bundled against the falling snow. Passing cars honked at the sign she was holding, and behind her a crowd of fellow protesters chanted outside the local office of Dominion Energy as police stood watch. For...

Friends of Buckingham joins allies for protest at Charlottesville Dominion headquarters

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 4, 2018 | Events, Press Releases

PRESS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 4, 2018 CHARLOTTESVILLE – On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, Friends of Buckingham and a coalition of environmental organizations and community leaders will meet outside Charlottesville Dominion headquarters to...

Charlottesville Protest Air Quality Board Changes

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 28, 2018 | Events, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process

Two dozen people braved a cold, windy afternoon to protest in front of Dominion’s office in Charlottesville. Sandy Hausman reports Alia Stewart-Silver and Hayden Shaw protest the removal of two Air Quality Board members who opposed the pipeline. Standing along one of...

Stand with Union Hill Concert of Prayer

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 24, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Events, Regulatory Permit Process

The “Stand with Union Hill Concert of Prayer” will be an all night interfaith prayer vigil with music and story on the eve of the Dec. 10 Air Board Meeting & Vote on Union Hill Compressor Station *** when the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board may...

Faith and Community Leaders to Meet with Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to Urge Action to Stop Proposed Pipelines and Union Hill/Buckingham Compressor Station

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 18, 2018 | Events, Press Releases

RICHMOND – On Tuesday, September 18, 2018, a delegation of faith and community leaders will meet with Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to urge him to add his powerful voice to the movement to stop the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and the Atlantic Coast...

Join the Virginia Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival September 26

by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 15, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Events

Join us! We are attending an event called Richmond, Virginia Poor People’s Hearing. RSVP today and join the Virginia Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and National Co-Chairs Rev. Drs. Barber and Theoharis as we hold a Poor...
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