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
Buckingham residents call for community veto of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compressor Station
From article in Augusta Free Press dated November 16, 2016. Residents of the Union Hill and Union Grove communities presented a Community Veto Resolution to the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors opposing the proposed natural gas compressor station in Buckingham...
Feds target methane leaks on public land
BY DEVIN HENRY - 11/15/16 12:05 PM EST Regulators have finalized a rule cracking down on methane leaks at natural gas drilling sites on federal land. The rule, released Tuesday by the Interior Department, updates 30-year-old regulations on methane venting, flaring and...
Major companies call for more renewable energy options in Virginia – Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond Business News From The RTD
By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch A group of 18 major corporations, including big names such as Microsoft, Walmart, Best Buy, Ikea, Staples and Mars Inc., among others, have sent a letter to state lawmakers and the Virginia State Corporation Commission calling...
EPA Report: More Action Is Needed to Protect Water Resources From Unmonitored Hazardous Chemicals
A Report from the EPA, Office of Inspector General September 29, 2014 Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness. The EPA regulates...
Pretty Much Every Living Thing Is Already Feeling The Effects Of Climate Change
Pretty Much Every Living Thing Is Already Feeling The Effects Of Climate Change | The Huffington Post Climate change has already touched almost all life on the planet, even under moderate rates of global warming, according to a report published Thursday in the journal...
Women allegedly threatened with arrest
Pastor Paul Wilson Chad Oba The pastor of two Baptist churches near a proposed natural gas fired 53,515 horsepower compressor station — part of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project — is decrying the alleged threat of arrest of seven women...
Property rights at heart of anti-pipeline ‘revival’ gathering in Nelson
In a scene resembling a church service, opponents of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline gathered under a tent Sunday at the Rockfish Valley Community Center in Nelson County as several spoke of how the controversial project personally affects them. Among “testifiers,” as...
Virginia Governor approves new fracking protections, yet fight looms over public health disclosures
By: Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) November 07 2016 As Virginia faced new fracking interest in recent years, the state’s oil and gas protections lagged far behind other states. Communities across the state worked with SELC and other stakeholders to address...
FAST FIX: Hailing a David over Goliath campaign, solar advocates celebrate defeat of Florida’s Amendment 1 – See more at: http://www.theenergyfix.com/2016/11/09/fast-fix-hailing-a-david-over-goliath-campaign-solar-advocates-celebrate-defeat-of-floridas-amendment-1/#sthash.IIPlHc6z.dpuf
Written by Jim Pierobon After it securing only 51% of votes — short of the needed 60% — here are the most on-point reactions by solar advocates who hailed Amendment 1’s defeat as a “true David and Goliath battle.” Tory Perfetti, chairman of Floridians for Solar Choice...
A new front emerges in the battle against eminent domain
Eminent domain attorneys and their clients battling new pipelines in Pennsylvania courts feel they may have a new weapon in the fight against controversial projects like Sunoco’s Mariner East. The recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to toss out...
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