by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 7, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Pastor Paul Wilson’s Union Hill Baptist Church in Buckingham County is very near Dominion’s proposed compressor station site. 2015, TIMES-DISPATCH A year ago this week, then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe took an important step in creating the state’s first Advisory Council on...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 29, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
The following press release is from the Global Justice Ecology Project, following today’s vote by Gov. Northam’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice (ACEJ) to make its letter, calling for a moratorium on further construction of the fracked-gas Atlantic Coast...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 29, 2018 | Regulatory Permit Process
The Transco Pipeline cuts through the forests of Buckingham County and crosses Route 56 in the foreground. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline would pass through Buckingham County and connect to this pipeline. A compressor station would be built at this intersection. (Timothy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 17, 2018 | Environmental Justice
Virginia- In response to a letter from his own advisory committee calling for a halt to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline due in part to its disproportional impact on poor and minority communities, the assistant for Governor Northam’s press secretary, Marissa Astor, told...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 4, 2018 | Environmental Justice, Press Releases
Press Release to Farmville Herald For immediate release: June 4, 2018 Contact: Heidi Dhivya Berthoud 434-979-9732 friendsofbuckinghamcountyva@gmail.com Home Friends of Buckingham co-sponsored a tour of the Union Hill proposed compressor station site and the Yogaville...
