by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 16, 2019 | Economic Impacts, FERC communications, Politics of energy
Construction crews work on an Atlantic Coast pipeline metering station in North Carolina. Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC A collection of 18 Virginia state lawmakers pressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today to stop the progress of the Atlantic Coast pipeline...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 30, 2019 | Regulatory Permit Process
Take Action! Dominion Not Allowed to Cross Appalachian Trail on U.S. Forest Service Lands In December 2018, a federal court rejected a critical permit that would allow Dominion’s controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross the Appalachian Trail (AT) and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 8, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
In a press release on February 8, 2019, the Southern Environmental Law Center announced their challenge of the Air Pollution Control Board on behalf of the Union Hill Community. The press release states: Today the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of its...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 25, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
A protester is removed from the Jan. 8 meeting of the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board. (Steve Helber/Associated Press) By Vivian E. Thomson January 25 at 4:06 PM Vivian E. Thomson, a retired professor of environmental policy at the University of Virginia,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 18, 2019 | Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
A portion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline construction site in Franklin County. (Roberta Kellam) Visiting the Mountain Valley Pipeline construction corridor in southwest Virginia was a promise I made to local residents while I was a member of the State Water Control...
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...
