by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 23, 2020 | Environmental Justice, Regulatory Permit Process
When concerns about a pipeline were dismissed by regulators, a rural black enclave went to court — and won. New York Times Opinion Jan. 23, 2020 By Jeff Gleason, the executive director of the Southern Environmental Law Center. How we treat the story and future of...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 13, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Events
On September 7, a town hall was convened in Buckingham County. An invitation was sent out to our elected representatives. Over 120 people attended this event. See 6 minute video below and on the home page “Union Hill Residents…” The town hall was...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 24, 2019 | Events
You are invited to join Friends of Buckingham and the Union Hill community, along with allies across Virginia and to support communities leading the fight to protect our health, environment, and future against reckless corporate polluters for a special event and...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 5, 2019 | Environmental Justice, Solar
A broken “no pipeline” sign rests outside a home in Union Hill, where residents are divided over Dominion Energy’s plan to build a compressor station for the utility’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline. A weeklong boot camp in Union Hill, Virginia,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 17, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Environmental Justice
Friends of Buckingham, et al. v. State Air Pollution Control Board, et al., is a case pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit involving the potential harms facing Union Hill, an African American community in Buckingham County, from the...
