by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 15, 2018 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
WASHINGTON — Environmental groups pointed to a recent filing to the South Carolina Public Service Commission as evidence in their request for rehearing on a key Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-issued certificate for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. In the July 16...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 4, 2018 | Politics of energy
Pastor Paul Wilson, of Union Hill and Union Grove Baptist churches in Buckingham County, has been among the most outspoken opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which is proposing to build a compressor station in the county. Photo by Robert Zullo, Virginia...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 20, 2018 | Events, Politics of energy, Renewables
Right now the Northam administration is developing its Virginia Energy Plan, a roadmap for the commonwealth’s energy policy over the next decade. We need to ensure Virginia’s economy is built on energy efficiency, solar power and smart storage solutions instead...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 21, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Buckingham: We the People (BWTP) is proud to announce the completion of their proposed ordinance, the James River Natural Community Bill of Rights (CBOR). The group has been working closely with Ben Price, of the Community Environmental Legal Defense (CELDF)...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 28, 2018 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
KIMBERLY PAYNTER / WHYY Mariner East 2 construction site in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. The federal pipeline regulator has issued a notice of probable violation to Sunoco after discovering flawed sections of pipe on a section of the route in Ohio. A section of...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 21, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Duke Energy and other advocates for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have come up with a peculiar new justification for the $5 billion project – climate change. They say this winter’s record-setting run of sub-freezing temperatures led to a spike in natural gas...
