by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Events
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Saturday, Anti-pipeline group Friends of Buckingham hosted a tribunal at Charlottesville’s CitySpace where more than 40 people spoke about what they see as the negative effects of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 25, 2017 | Press Releases
Virginia cannot approve proposed natural gas pipelines lacking critical information about impacts on state waters Press Release Posted October 25, 2017 at 1:01 pm Appalachian Mountain Advocates * Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preserve Craig * Southern Environmental Law...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 19, 2017 | Events, Spiritual Ecology
When Laney Sullivan first announced her plans to follow up on the 150 mile “Walking the Line into the Heart of Virginia”, with “Journey the James”, I took muted delight, as I was in recovery from Lyme’s. I had missed the Walk, not yet knowing I had Lyme’s, thinking I...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The NC Department of Environmental Quality has rejected the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s erosion and sediment control plan, dealing yet another setback to the $5.5 billion project. In a letter dated Sept. 26, the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources told the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Protesters gathered at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality office in Harrisonburg last month to speak out against the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. DAILY NEWS-RECORD VIA The Associated Press Families in Virginia should not have to worry...