by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 20, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events
Former vice president Al Gore and the Rev. William Barber II, left, talk with local resident Ella Rose in front of her home in Union Hill, Va. (Steve Helber/AP) BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. — The little front porch seemed like a pulpit as the Rev. William Barber II outlined...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 19, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events, Politics of energy
Black History Month is a time of remembrance – to remember and celebrate African American achievements and culture, but also to remember those parts of our nation’s history that we sometimes might like to forget. “Those who cannot remember the past,” as George...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 19, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events, Politics of energy
Gov. Ralph Northam can’t escape the spotlight as former Vice President Al Gore and the Rev. William J. Barber II bring a racial and environmental crusade Tuesday to a little community in Buckingham County with a big natural gas pipeline planned at its doorstep....
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 16, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Press Releases
In a surprisingly bold statement released to the press, Buckingham County Dems say that “Gov. Northam can cease the environmental racism and great injustice that is being besieged upon Buckingham County’s Union Hill Community.” Buckingham County...
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....
