by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 29, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Events, Regulatory Permit Process
Chilling after a hopeful morning in court at Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s [CBF] Richmond headquarters, a few doors down from the Fourth Circuit Court, Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Jon Mueller of CBF, David Neal & Greg Buppert of Southern Environmental Law...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 14, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Photo of the James River by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud 2009 Introduction We offer our findings to other beleaguered communities struggling to keep up while defending themselves against the ravages of any polluting industry. In a sane world, we would have only clean green...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 17, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice
Friends of Buckingham, et al. v. State Air Pollution Control Board, et al., is a case pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit involving the potential harms facing Union Hill, an African American community in Buckingham County, from the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 17, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
A member of a Virginia state permitting board who last week approved a highly controversial certification for Dominion’s planned Atlantic Coast pipeline has business ties to a company currently collaborating with Dominion on a related gas project, DeSmog...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
Opponents of a proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station in Buckingham County protested outside the General Assembly Building ahead of a State Air Pollution Control Board meeting. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury – Dec. 19, 2018) Is an African-American...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
This post is a work in process. More comments will be added when time permits. Lakshmi Fjord, PhD, Steering Committee Friends of Buckingham Lakshmi Fjord Air Permit Comm 1-4-19 Stephen Metts, The New School, NY, GIS analyst for policy issues relating to energy...