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 | Feb 20, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events, Politics of energy
Friends of Buckingham extends a warm and grateful thank you to Reverend Barber, Al Gore and Karenna Gore for accepting our ernest and urgent invitation to come to Union HIll, to draw and amplify ever widening attention to the injustices forced on the Union Hill...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 19, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events, Politics of energy
Black History Month is a time of remembrance – to remember and celebrate African American achievements and culture, but also to remember those parts of our nation’s history that we sometimes might like to forget. “Those who cannot remember the past,” as George...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 19, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events, Politics of energy
Gov. Ralph Northam can’t escape the spotlight as former Vice President Al Gore and the Rev. William J. Barber II bring a racial and environmental crusade Tuesday to a little community in Buckingham County with a big natural gas pipeline planned at its doorstep....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 31, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Members of the Lumbee tribe and other opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline marched through Pembroke in Robeson County in late 2016. The ACP would traverse through Native American lands along its route, including in Robeson County. (File photo: Lisa Sorg) [Editor’s...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 13, 2019 | Pipelines, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
A lobbyist for the natural gas industry told West Virginia legislators Tuesday that progress on a pipeline that stretches through the Mountain State was slowed because of “rogue environmental groups” challenging the project in the federal court system. In reality,...
