by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jan 2, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
Lies are best told when there is no paper trail. And no Freedom of Information Act. Somebody should explain that to David Paylor, the deeply unpopular Director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality. And someone should tell Dr. Ralph Northam that children’s...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 9, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
On November 16, 2018 the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Dominion Energy compiled a demographic and income profile for the area of Union Hill in Buckingham County, VA. The report came after the Virginia Air Pollution Board delayed an important vote on the air pollution...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 23, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy
On November 15, in a brazen power play that has been described as the “Thursday Night Massacre,” Governor Ralph Northam fired two members of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. The reason: six days earlier, these public servants publicly questioned whether a...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 12, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
The Transco Pipeline cuts through the forests of Buckingham County and crosses Route 56 in the foreground. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline will pass through Buckingham and connect to this pipeline, and a compressor station will be built at the intersection. Timothy...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Nov 10, 2018 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
The State Air Pollution Control Board heard public comments all day Thursday November 8 at the Convention Center, Richmond on the proposed Buckingham compressor station. Friday morning the DEQ presented, and then Dominion presented, with air board members asking...
