by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 26, 2019 | Endangered Species, Regulatory Permit Process
The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals announced today, Friday July 26, 2019, its decision to turn down the latest U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This is a decided victory for those of us fighting this unneeded project. The...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 16, 2019 | Economic Impacts, FERC communications, Politics of energy
Construction crews work on an Atlantic Coast pipeline metering station in North Carolina. Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC A collection of 18 Virginia state lawmakers pressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today to stop the progress of the Atlantic Coast pipeline...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 14, 2019 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Photo of the James River by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud 2009 Introduction We offer our findings to other beleaguered communities struggling to keep up while defending themselves against the ravages of any polluting industry. In a sane world, we would have only clean green...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jul 8, 2019 | Fossil Fuels, Solar
Yogaville leaders hope their investments in solar power send a message about opposing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Elizabeth McGowan July 8, 2019 Elizabeth McGowan / Energy News Network Jeeva Abbate, right, tells John Laury about the solar system that powers...
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...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Apr 30, 2019 | Regulatory Permit Process
Take Action! Dominion Not Allowed to Cross Appalachian Trail on U.S. Forest Service Lands In December 2018, a federal court rejected a critical permit that would allow Dominion’s controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to cross the Appalachian Trail (AT) and...
