by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
In this Thursday, Nov. 6, 2018 photo, Richard Walker, an Atlantic Coast Pipeline opponent, poses at a community center in Richmond, Va. Walker says his great-grandfather bought a 25 acre homestead in Union Hill, the site of a proposed compressor station, for $15 in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
MONTEREY — Following a court order today, Dec. 7, Dominion filed notice with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that it is suspending construction along the entirety of the 600-mile route of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, except as needed for safety and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 7, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
Neighbors and families are pitted against one another over a natural gas pipeline project in Union Hill. In the end, who stands to lose? ‘Dominion thought they can just come in and we’d all roll over,’ said Ruby Laury, a cattle farmer with her...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 1, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Pollution - Other Sources, Regulatory Permit Process
Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville is seriously concerned by Gov. Northam’s dismissal of VA State Air Pollution Control (air board) Board members who expressed concern re: environmental justice On Nov 15, VA Governor Ralph Northam replaced two members of the air board....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 29, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
RICHMOND — Gov. Ralph Northam (D) promised to be a different kind of politician, one who would never lie and always operate aboveboard. But his interference in a controversial vote by air pollution regulators has caused some to question those claims. [A pragmatist in...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 28, 2018 | Events, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Two dozen people braved a cold, windy afternoon to protest in front of Dominion’s office in Charlottesville. Sandy Hausman reports Alia Stewart-Silver and Hayden Shaw protest the removal of two Air Quality Board members who opposed the pipeline. Standing along one of...