by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 7, 2020 | FERC communications
RICHMOND (May 7, 2020) – Attorney General Mark R. Herring today joined a coalition of 11 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to impose an immediate moratorium on approvals of all new and pending applications for natural gas...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 4, 2020 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
After a seven-year battle, Grant Township fought off a permit for an injection well. “Fights like ours should mushroom all around Pennsylvania,” says town supervisor Grant Township, Pennsylvania; Mike Belleme for Rolling Stone An unlikely crew of environmentalists...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 21, 2020 | Events, Regulatory Permit Process
Update: This celebration is cancelled until further notice. Everyone! Please be well and safe! When: Saturday March 28, 11am – 3 pm Where: The BARN (Buckingham Agriculture Resource Network) 11851 W James Anderson Hwy, Buckingham 23921 What: Join us for a Spring...
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 | 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...
