by Nelson Bailey | May 31, 2017 | Pipelines, Press Releases
Dominion targeting low-income communities with pipeline Twenty-four of the 25 counties that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) would impact are below the median income level for their state. These low income counties will suffer further if the pipeline is constructed,...
by Nelson Bailey | May 28, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
‘Pipeline is not needed anymore’ Farmville Herald – Published 11:04 am Thursday May 24, 2017 By Joseph Jeeva...
by Nelson Bailey | May 27, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam, under pressure from environmentalists to oppose two natural gas pipelines, told voters for weeks that he had won assurances from state regulators that they will increase scrutiny on the projects by assessing...
by Nelson Bailey | May 25, 2017 | Press Releases
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has reversed itself, saying that the state agency will not require specific water quality impact analysis for water crossings for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)....
by Nelson Bailey | May 24, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
A common refrain among Virginian legislators is that there is nothing they can do to stop Dominion’s proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines (ACP and MVP, respectively). As they tell it, “The pipelines are a matter for FERC,” and that’s the...