by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 17, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board fails to uphold Environmental Justice; approves air permit for compressor station in a 4-0 vote on Tuesday, January 8. This massive, 54,000+ hp natural gas compressor station would be in the predominantly...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
Buy Now Signs in Buckingham County protest Dominion’s proposed compressor station near the Union Hill community. Richmond Times-Dispatch | File 2017 By Mike Ellerbrock Ellerbrock is director of the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech, vicariate deacon for...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Press Releases, Regulatory Permit Process
Residents of Union Hill today sent an open letter to the members of the State Air Pollution Control Board urging them to deny the proposed permit for a natural gas compressor station in this predominantly African-American community in rural Buckingham County, Va....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
On November 16, 2018 the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Dominion Energy compiled a demographic and income profile for the area of Union Hill in Buckingham County, VA. The report came after the Virginia Air Pollution Board delayed an important vote on the air pollution...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
In this Thursday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo, Richard Walker, an Atlantic Coast Pipeline opponent, poses at a community center in Richmond, Va. Walker says his great-grandfather bought a 25 acre homestead in Union Hill, the site of a proposed compressor station, for $15 in...
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...
