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Federal court rejects Constitution Pipeline’s lawsuit against NY
A federal appeals court ruled against the Constitution Pipeline Friday, in a challenge it brought against New York State’s denial of a water quality permit. The decision is a major blow to the embattled project, which was planned to run 121 miles, carrying natural gas...
LOSING PEACE, GAINING A VOICE: THE FACES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE
There’s something magical about standing in a place and realizing that in every direction you look, there are mountains. It’s as if you’re sitting in a natural fortress, or a protected oasis. Walking on the soil that is slated to be uprooted by the Atlantic Coast...
Hundreds, including Nelson residents, attend DEQ hearing on pipeline
HARRISONBURG – Before heading into James Madison University’s Festival Conference & Student Center on Monday evening, opponents and supporters of the proposed 600-mile, three-state Atlantic Coast Pipeline traded shouts across the lawn. As they held colorful signs...
Getting Real with Pipeline Disasters in West Virginia
By Traci Hickson August 3, 2017 An area below compressor station construction site related to Rover Pipeline, where DEP inspectors say concentrated sediment runoff overwhelms the control fences that are being used by the company. If you think silt fences will hold...
While other states go along, NY says no to gas pipelines
In the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Tim and Chris Camman walk daily through a thick wood, shaded by a canopy of tall hemlocks, white pines and hardwoods. Dappled sunlight filters through, with only the sounds of birds and Carrs Creek as it bubbles...
Hundreds Flood Pipeline Hearing
• Neighbors worry about how pipeline will impact environment. By SHAUN SAVARESE Of The Record Staff Cumberland and Johnston county residents voiced critical concern about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), asking for answers and imploring a state agency to deny a...
Suffolk woman fighting to keep Atlantic Coast Pipeline off her land
SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Dominion Energy is moving full speed ahead with its Atlantic Coast Pipeline, but one Hampton Roads resident is saying, “Not in my backyard.” Paulette Johnson bought the property in Suffolk 10 years ago, and when she did, she had no thought even...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: July 17
Court shelves property rights in favor of Dominion land grab I am disappointed, although not surprised by the Virginia Supreme Court rulings regarding surveying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Our personal freedoms and private property rights have been...
Pipeline survey crew surprises Bent Mountain landowners with early morning entry
BENT MOUNTAIN — As Tuesday dawned, Mike Lester spotted a group of pipeline surveyors hustling on foot down Green Hollow Drive, a private road on Bent Mountain that passes by Lester’s home. “They was getting along pretty good,” Lester said later. He phoned neighbor...
Supreme Court of Virginia hands pipeline foes small victory, but project rolls on
RICHMOND — The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled Thursday on two cases related to the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline, handing opponents a minor victory but otherwise leaving the huge project unscathed. The court found in favor of a small group of landowners in...