by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 17, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Press Releases, Regulatory Permit Process
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2018 Environmental justice, climate leaders across U.S. sign letter to Va. regulators against ACP compressor station in Union Hill Residents of Union Hill and their allies have garnered more...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 17, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board fails to uphold Environmental Justice; approves air permit for compressor station in a 4-0 vote on Tuesday, January 8. This massive, 54,000+ hp natural gas compressor station would be in the predominantly...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
Buy Now Signs in Buckingham County protest Dominion’s proposed compressor station near the Union Hill community. Richmond Times-Dispatch | File 2017 By Mike Ellerbrock Ellerbrock is director of the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech, vicariate deacon for...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Press Releases, Regulatory Permit Process
Residents of Union Hill today sent an open letter to the members of the State Air Pollution Control Board urging them to deny the proposed permit for a natural gas compressor station in this predominantly African-American community in rural Buckingham County, Va....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Events, Regulatory Permit Process
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Chad Oba huddled on a narrow median strip, bundled against the falling snow. Passing cars honked at the sign she was holding, and behind her a crowd of fellow protesters chanted outside the local office of Dominion Energy as police stood watch. For...