by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 21, 2018 | Newsletter
Hi, Everybody! A little early this week, as I have to catch a flight…but we didn’t want to leave you hanging! Here’s what’s been happening. Virginia Approval of ACP Challenged in Federal Court The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond has been asked to stay...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 21, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Events, Regulatory Permit Process
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has been reviewing the ACP air modeling report, readying for the proposed Buckingham compressor station air permitting process. Friends of Buckingham and friends have accessed the documents and are reviewing them, readying...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 5, 2018 | Economic Impacts, Pipelines
Gov. Roy Cooper last week brokered a controversial memorandum of understanding with Dominion Power, which co-owns with Duke Energy, the even more controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Under the agreement, Duke and Dominion will pay a total of $57.8 million to a...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 2, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Spiritual Ecology
RALEIGH About 30 protesters occupied Gov. Roy Cooper’s office Friday morning in downtown Raleigh, launching what they called a civil disobedience movement to block the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Protesters said they are initiating the next stage of...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 30, 2018 | Press Releases
Dominion’s application for a Special Use Permit has struck a nerve in this county. Over 30 acres of land currently zoned for agricultural use along the Scenic Highway would be turned into an industrial zone with over 400 workers a day commuting to this site....
