by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 7, 2022 | Environmental Justice, Racial Social Justice
Support our efforts towards achieving environmental justice in Virginia. VEJC’s purpose is to identify environmental justice communities across the state, to develop EJ leadership, to provide room at the table for these organizations in statewide policy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 27, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Four Stellar Women speak out against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Give a listen. OpEd from Karenna Gore regarding denial of MVP’s VA 401 permit, and the anniversary of the Clean Water Act: The common wealth of water In the final months of 2021, a decision...
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 2, 2021 | Gold Mining
Impact of thousands of wildcat gold miners shown as president Jair Bolsonaro is accused of trying to promote their illegal work Rare and disturbing aerial photographs have laid bare the devastation being inflicted on Brazil’s largest reserve for indigenous...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | May 20, 2021 | Environmental Justice, FERC communications, Press Releases
Our very own Montina!!! Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick today announced the appointment of Montina Cole to serve as Senior Counsel for Environmental Justice and Equity, effective June 1, 2021. Cole, a seasoned executive and attorney...
