Pipeline resisters were distraught - but, alas, not surprised - when Va. regulators OK'd a huge fracked-gas compressor station in historic Union Hill. But all vowed to continue the fight for environmental justice. [ Read More ]
Virginia’s Union Hill community continues fight for environmental justice
Thursday, January 24th, 2019 | Posted by Lara Mack | No Comments
One neighbor shares the devastating impact of Mountain Valley Pipeline construction on her animals and family
Thursday, January 17th, 2019 | Posted by Guest Contributor | No Comments
Arietta Ann DuPre's land and her neighbor’s land in Wayside, W.Va., serves as a home for rescued horses and other animals – and in early 2018, Mountain Valley Pipeline developers cut her horses' pasture land in two. [ Read More ]
Virginians brace for the fallout from Westmoreland Coal’s bankruptcy
Friday, January 11th, 2019 | Posted by Matt Hepler | No Comments
Westmoreland Coal's bankruptcy puts health benefits for 500 Virginians and pensions for 7,000 former Virginia miners in jeopardy. A bill proposed in the Senate would protect these benefits — and also shore up the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. [ Read More ]
100 sign letter to Va. air board to reject frack-gas facility in African-American community
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Environmental justice advocates Karenna Gore, Mustafa Santiago Ali, Don Cheadle and Ed Begley, Jr. were among the 100 people who signed a letter to Va. regulators urging a denial of huge compressor station in the largely African-American community of Union Hill. [ Read More ]
Virginia ignores risk, allows Atlantic Coast Pipeline work
Thursday, October 25th, 2018 | Posted by Kevin Ridder | No Comments
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality approved Clean Water Act permits for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, brushing off concerns from the Governor’s Advisory Council on Environmental Justice. [ Read More ]
FERC halts construction of Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines
Monday, August 13th, 2018 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | No Comments
In the span of two weeks, federal court rulings exposed major flaws in the permits for the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipeline, bringing construction to a halt. [ Read More ]
Virginians urge regulators to reject “blanket” federal permit for pipelines
Thursday, June 28th, 2018 | Posted by AV's Intern Team | No Comments
The State Water Control Board received more than 13,000 public comments concerning a "blanket" federal permit granted to the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. [ Read More ]
Rising resistance to pipelines
Friday, June 8th, 2018 | Posted by Tom Cormons | 4 Comments
Resistance to the fracked-gas Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines is growing, crossing all sorts of divides. Government agencies and officials supporting the projects are on the wrong side of history. [ Read More ]
History, health at stake in Buckingham County
Monday, June 4th, 2018 | Posted by Cat McCue | 1 Comment
The omissions and errors in the permitting process for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline regarding an African-American community in central Virginia amounts to racism. A state panel on environmental justice calls for a new process. [ Read More ]
A watershed moment in Virginia’s energy politics
Thursday, March 15th, 2018 | Posted by Peter Anderson | No Comments
A groundswell of citizen pressure and efforts by Appalachian Voices and other groups on Dominion's rate bill disrupted "business as usual" in this year's Virginia General Assembly. [ Read More ]
Heading into the final stretch on Va. electric rate bill
Saturday, February 24th, 2018 | Posted by Peter Anderson | 1 Comment
The Virginia General Assembly will cast final votes on Dominion Energy's rate overhaul this coming week, but enormous problems with the bill remain. CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR TODAY! [ Read More ]
With your help, Virginia legislation can protect our water from pipelines
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 | Posted by Lara Mack | No Comments
We’ve resisted the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines for more than three years. Now Virginia lawmakers need to hear our voices to ensure that legislation to better protect landowners and water resources from fracked-gas pipelines becomes law.
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