by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 21, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Gold Mining, Pipelines
When residents in Union Hill, Virginia, decried the pipeline as a form of environmental racism, the energy company insisted it wasn’t As fracked gas fields in West Virginia boomed over the past decade, energy companies jumped at the chance to build massive new...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 9, 2021 | Pipelines
The Keystone XL pipeline project is officially terminated, the sponsor company announced Wednesday. Calgary-based TC Energy is pulling the plug on the project after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit on...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 14, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
It has long been recognized that minority and disadvantaged communities are subject to higher levels of pollution than more affluent non-minority areas. This fact is the basis of the need for Environmental Justice to ensure that the past disparate impacts to these...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 20, 2021 | Eminant Domain, For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Farmville Herald editor thinks the $3.5 that Dominion is giving to Buckingham is the right thing to do, that it is benevolent. Huh. Why would you have to say that – is there doubt that it is benevolent? See the article of Wednesday February 17. We think it...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 30, 2020 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Mountain Valley Pipeline faces political, regulatory changes in 2021 The history of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, from the time it was first proposed to its projected completion, will soon span the terms of three U.S. presidents. So what impact will the incoming...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 14, 2020 | Pipelines, Press Releases
Press Release: In a snub to thousands of Appalachian landowners and others seeking to stop the unneeded, dangerous Mountain Valley Pipeline, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission late today voted 2-1 to extend its certificate for the project by two years, and...
