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Environmental group wants pipeline compressor approval overturned

by Nelson Bailey | Mar 21, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines

An environmental organization is challenging in court the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors’ January decision to grant a special-use permit for a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, based in North...

NEW GEOLOGY STUDIES SHOW BUILDING THE ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE IN THE STEEP MOUNTAINS BY WINTERGREEN (VA) IS RISKY

by Nelson Bailey | Mar 15, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines

NELLYSFORD, VA, UNITED STATES, March 14, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — Friends of Wintergreen released two geological and soils studies that highlight the extreme risk of building the 42 inch, compressed natural gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline in the mountainous areas...

Will Pipelines Destroy Our Thru-Hikes?

by Nelson Bailey | Feb 26, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines

A proposed 300-mile natural gas pipeline would cut a swath across the Appalachian Trail and could undermine protections for other National Scenic Trails across the country. In Virginia, where the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is crossed by more black bears and...

Bold Alliance Hires Carolyn Reilly to Organize Pipeline Fighters in Virginia and West Virginia

by Nelson Bailey | Feb 17, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines

Reilly to organize fellow landowners to resist the proposed Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast fracked gas pipelines Carolyn Reilly is Bold Alliance’s new Regional Pipeline Fighter in Virginia and W. Virginia.Rocky Mount, Virginia — Bold Alliance has hired landowner...

New Analysis: Pipelines Could Leave Vast Environmental Footprints

by Nelson Bailey | Feb 17, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy

By NICK GILMORE • FEB 15, 2017 According to a new analysis released this week, two proposed pipeline projects in the state could have significant environmental impacts. From the very beginning, the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines have been highly...
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