by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 3, 2020 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
By Blue Virginia – February 26, 2020 From the Virginia Sierra Club: Virginians Rallied in Protest of Trump’s Proposed NEPA Overhaul Climate advocates from across Virginia called on leaders to halt the rollback of NEPA Washington D.C. – The Trump administration...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 19, 2020 | Economic Impacts, Politics of energy
Several bills have crossed over in the Virginia legislature that would hinder the State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) ability to rule whether or not clean energy projects would be in the ratepayers’ interest. By mandating that it is in the “public...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 23, 2020 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
When concerns about a pipeline were dismissed by regulators, a rural black enclave went to court — and won. New York Times Opinion Jan. 23, 2020 By Jeff Gleason, the executive director of the Southern Environmental Law Center. How we treat the story and future of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 11, 2020 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
On January 7, 2020, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the air permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Buckingham compressor station located in Virginia’s historic, predominantly African-American Union Hill community. The air permit was granted last...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 14, 2019 | Economic Impacts
Chevron’s multibillion-dollar write-down of gas assets is the most recent sign that the gas supply has far outstripped demand. HOUSTON — A decade ago, natural gas was heralded as the fuel of the future. In shale fields across the country, hydraulic fracturing uncorked...
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...