by Nelson Bailey | Aug 21, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Pressure from state lawmakers in both parties, as well as from hundreds of people who showed up at a series of public hearings this month, is mounting on the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and state Water Control Board to slow or reconsider the water...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 20, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – People who oppose the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline are calling on lawmakers to stop the pipeline from crossing the Appalachian Trail in Central Virginia. Several anti-pipeline groups participated in the third annual Hands Across...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 18, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
(Photo: Submitted) Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline, if allowed to be built, will be the largest disturbance of land and water in the Commonwealth of Virginia since the Interstate highways were built. Is it possible or even probable that Dominion can dig up a 600...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 18, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would allow Buckingham County access and control of 200 acres along a proposed lateral line off of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) could be agreed to by all parties as soon as next month. “We finally have reached a...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 16, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
More than 70 people spoke during a contentious Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) public hearing in Jarman Hall at Longwood University on Thursday held to receive comments on draft water quality certifications “designed to protect water quality” along...
