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 | 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 | Sep 28, 2019 | Environmental Justice, FERC communications
Letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dated November 8, 2014, by Dhyani Simonini, includes historical information about the Native Peoples who thrived along the James River for thousands of years before the coming of the Europeans. FERC...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 10, 2019 | Regulatory Permit Process
Why Is the Forest Service Trying to Evade the Public? The Trump administration is attempting to eliminate public voice from the management of national forests. We must speak up. Read the August 7, 2019, NY Times article, by Sam Evans, the national forests and parks...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 26, 2019 | Regulatory Permit Process
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has just thrown out another federal permit for Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In a crushing and unanimous 50-page decision, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit vacated the Fish and Wildlife Service Biological...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 26, 2019 | Endangered Species, Regulatory Permit Process
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals announced today, Friday July 26, 2019, its decision to turn down the latest U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This is a decided victory for those of us fighting this unneeded project. The...
