ACP Archives
The Friends of Buckingham have worked for more than seven years to protect our lands from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Our efforts were successful!
An archive of what went into this remarkable environmental accomplishment follows.
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
Planners recommend approval of permit for compressor station
JORDAN MILES | HERALD Permit opponent Dr. Walter Saxon, left, speaks to planners as Dominion’s Emmett Toms reviews the proposed conditions on the permit. Planners in Buckingham County have recommended approval of a special use permit allowing Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
‘Extraordinarily hot’ Arctic temperatures alarm scientists
Danish and US researchers say warmer air and sea surface could lead to record lows of sea ice at north pole next year | Environment | The Guardian The Arctic is experiencing extraordinarily hot sea surface and air temperatures, which are stopping ice forming and could...
Dakota Access pipeline protester seriously hurt during police standoff
A 21-year-old woman was severely injured and may lose her arm after being hit by a projectile when North Dakota law enforcement officers turned water cannon on Dakota Access pipeline protesters and threw “less-than-lethal” weapons. Sophia Wilansky was one of several...
80,000 Reindeer Have Starved To Death In Siberia Because Of Melting Sea Ice
The Huffington Post When it comes to climate change iconography, there’s perhaps no image more recognizable than that of a lone polar bear marooned on a melting sheet of ice. But as the impacts of a continually warming Earth are felt by more species, new emblematic...
Standing Rock protest: hundreds clash with police over Dakota Access Pipeline
Protesters also reported being hit with rubber bullets and percussion grenades on a bridge just north of the encampments established by indigenous and environmental activists in opposition to the controversial pipeline. Everything you need to know about the...
Buckingham kyanite company seeks natural gas from controversial planned pipeline
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline has landed its first potential natural gas customer outside of Tidewater — the largest private employer in Buckingham County — on the eve of a pivotal vote by county planners on a proposed compressor station that has sparked...
Fighting a mid-Atlantic pipeline in the age of Trump
Presidential politics and property rights take center stage as Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipeline opponents strategize post-election. In the Natural Bridge Hotel lobby before a pipeline summit in opposition to two planned fracked-gas pipelines, two words...
Subcommittee releases proposed conditions for station
Farmville Herald Published 11:11 am Friday, November 18, 2016 Editor’s note: The 40 proposed conditions are below this story. Buckingham’s planning and zoning office has released 40 conditions as part of an on-going special use permit process where Atlantic Coast...
County could get access to natural gas tap, 200 acres on lateral line
Farmville Herald Published 11:17 pm Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Buckingham County could have control and access to a natural gas tap off of a lateral line from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project (ACP). Kyanite Mining Corp. — one of Buckingham’s largest...
Possible compressor vote Monday | Farmville
Article from The Farmville Herald November 17, 2016 BUCKINGHAM — The Buckingham County Planning Commission will meet Monday November 21 at 6 p.m. to consider a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural...
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