by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
Yes, the title is provocative, but its not entirely mine. I simply and liberally borrow from the classic Mark Monmonier primer entitled How to Lie with Maps. But the reality of this ‘case study’ is indeed provocative, and it amounts to nothing less than outright...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
Opponents of a proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station in Buckingham County protested outside the General Assembly Building ahead of a State Air Pollution Control Board meeting. (Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury – Dec. 19, 2018) Is an African-American...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 7, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
This post is a work in process. More comments will be added when time permits. Lakshmi Fjord, PhD, Steering Committee Friends of Buckingham Lakshmi Fjord Air Permit Comm 1-4-19 Stephen Metts, The New School, NY, GIS analyst for policy issues relating to energy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 2, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
Lies are best told when there is no paper trail. And no Freedom of Information Act. Somebody should explain that to David Paylor, the deeply unpopular Director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality. And someone should tell Dr. Ralph Northam that children’s...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 30, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Richard Walker, an Atlantic Coast Pipeline opponent, raises his hands as he and other pipeline opponents turn their backs on a Dec. 19 meeting of a Virginia air pollution panel, which delayed a vote on a key permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. (Steve Helber/AP)...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 26, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Events, Regulatory Permit Process
Dominion and DEQ have introduced new material to be considered in the Air Permit decision process. Consequently, DEQ has opened another Public Comment period for us to review and respond to the new material by Jan 4, 2019. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (APCB) PUBLIC...
