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The Friends of Buckingham have worked for more than seven years to protect our lands from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Our efforts were successful!
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Pipelines & Compressor Stations
23 citizens arrested at McAuliffe’s mansion – here’s why:
Founder and director Mike Tidwell of Chesapeake Climate Action Network had this to say. Yesterday, I had the honor of being arrested side-by-side with U.S. Army veteran Russell Chisholm of Newport, Virginia, taking a stand to stop fracked-gas pipelines and demand true...
NY and 5 other states sue EPA over upwind pollution
Posted: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT Updated: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the Environmental...
Mitchell: FERC should listen to outside experts
Posted: Monday, October 3, 2016 2:00 am Maybe it is time for FERC to listen to outside experts and not just rely on its staff, which love to rubber-stamp "Approval" for all pipelines? Synapse Energy Economics, Inc., a leading international research and consulting firm...
SEC Probes EXXON Over Accounting for Climate Change
Oil Sector, Investors React to SEC Probe of Exxon Over Climate Change; Many see investigation as potentially transformative moment for U.S. companies Olson, Bradley; Rapoport, Michael. Wall Street Journal (Online) [New York, N.Y] 21 Sep 2016: n/a Abstract According to...
Bart Hinkle: Pipeline brings a property-rights fight to Virginia
Eighty-three-year-old Hazel Palmer could become the Suzette Kelo of Virginia — the face of a property-rights revolution. She has a piece of land in Augusta County along the proposed route of the 600-mile, $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. It has been in her...
Technology designed to detect U.S. energy pipeline leaks often fails
On a routine check of a surface coal mining facility in rural Alabama early this month, inspector Randall Aldridge first smelled gasoline. Then he saw dead plants and animals along a man-made pond that helps the region manage heavy rain. The cause had nothing to do...
Exxon hit with first civil suit over climate science
An environmental group has sued oil giant ExxonMobil Corp., alleging the company is improperly polluting a Massachusetts river and putting it at further risk by not preparing for climate change. The lawsuit, from the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), says an Exxon...
Compressor vote delayed to Oct. 24
Nearly 30 people blasted and condemned a proposed 53,515 horsepower (hp) compressor station during a public hearing before the Buckingham County Planning Commission Monday night. The speakers came after the commission agreed that it would receive public comment...
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Sparks Protest in Buckingham
About 150 people came to a meeting of the Buckingham County Planning Commission Monday to protest Dominion’s plan for a compressor station that would push natural gas through the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Sandy Hausman reports on why area residents are worried and what...
ACP Buckingham Compressor Station Public Hearing 9/26
Health and Safety at Risk for Buckingham County Residents ACP Buckingham Compressor Station Public Hearing Where: County Administration Building, Rt 60, 13380 West James Anderson Hwy Buckingham, VA 23921 When: Monday, 9/26/2016, 7 PM Pre-event offerings: 4:30...
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