by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 30, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Oldies but goodies: June 2017. Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC is proposing the approximately 600-mile unidirectional, open access Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to transport Marcellus-Utica shale gas from West Virginia, through Virginia, and ending in North Carolina....
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 23, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy
On November 15, in a brazen power play that has been described as the “Thursday Night Massacre,” Governor Ralph Northam fired two members of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. The reason: six days earlier, these public servants publicly questioned whether a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 17, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Demonstrators outside the governor’s offices on Broad Street in Richmond Friday protest Gov. Ralph Northam’s decision to remove two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board as it weighs a crucial permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. (Virginia...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 16, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
For the past several months, I’ve been vocal about my opposition to the two proposed fracked gas pipelines being proposed in Virginia, one of which is owned by Dominion Energy. I’ve joined hundreds of Virginians in raising our specific concerns to Governor Ralph...