by Karuna | May 23, 2024 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability
DEQ fines Energix Renewable Energies over $150,000 for environmental violations— further damaging its reputation in Virginia. Citing Energix violations of some 75 legal requirements of the State Water Control Law, permits, and regulations, the Virginia Department of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 26, 2020 | Health & Safety
To: Governors of Virginia and West Virginia It’s the responsibility of governors to protect all the people in their states including rural regions. The Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction projects require transient pipeline...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 25, 2020 | Health & Safety
Excerpts of Email from Delegate Chris Hurst on March 23, 2020 Private Sector Guidance: Below are some resources that private sector businesses can use to establish greater communication with state government. Register on the state Private Sector Portal to be added to...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 28, 2020 | Health & Safety
The Center for Earth Ethics joined the Mount Sinai Institute for Exposomic Research to convene the Institute’s 2nd Annual Clinical Climate Change Conference. Additional partners included the American Lung Association and the American Public Health Association. CEE...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 14, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Photo of the James River by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud 2009 Introduction We offer our findings to other beleaguered communities struggling to keep up while defending themselves against the ravages of any polluting industry. In a sane world, we would have only clean green...
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...
