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Years After Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancellation, Easements Remain

By | August 3, 2023

Residents continue to fight for the return of their land, which was seized for pipeline easements by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline beginning in 2014.

Not On This Land: Documentary celebrates the community-led fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

By | May 3, 2023

Deputy Executive Director Kate Boyle moderates a panel of pipeline fighters featured in the film.

The two screenings brought together people to celebrate the fight that brought down the behemoth ACP. “Not On This Land: The Fight Against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline,” directed by Christopher Landry, profiles some of the West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina communities who helped defeat the fracked-gas pipeline.

New film highlights West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina communities that helped stop pipeline

By | March 23, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2023 CONTACT Jessica Sims, jessica@appvoices.org, 804-356-1228 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Appalachian Voices and the Southern Environmental Law Center announce an upcoming screening of the documentary film “Not On This Land: The Fight Against the Atlantic Coast…

How a Pipeline Battle Led an Advocate for Formerly Incarcerated People Into Solar Workforce Development

By | August 10, 2022

Richard Walker of Bridging the Gap in Virginia is working to make sure vulnerable communities are not left behind in the green energy transformation.

The ACP was canceled but we still lost our land

By | February 21, 2022

A lot of irreparable harm can be inflicted during a fossil fuel pipeline fight. Just because a pipeline is eventually canceled, doesn’t stop it from bulldozing through precious land and water and exhausting community members to the bone as they fight for their lives.

Communities call out Duke Energy’s harmful impacts

By | March 17, 2021

People from states served by Duke Energy recently testified before the newly formed, independent People’s Commission that the utility’s record on coal ash, electric rates and other issues is harming communities.

Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Latest Challenges: Water-crossing Permits and Compressor Station Hearing

By | February 5, 2021

The long-contested MVP faces new delays due to water-crossing permits. Bills that would give Virginia more authority to protect water quality from pipelines are advancing in the state legislature. As the commonwealth considers a compressor station for MVP Southgate, developers of the canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline begin the restoration process.

Virginians face threat from toxic gold mining

By | January 9, 2021

The gold mining industry is eyeing central Virginia for a major expansion that could bring one of the most toxic industries to our state. Buckingham County is potentially ground zero.

The Appalachian Pipeline Resistance Movement: “We’re Not Going Away”

By | October 28, 2020

Residents along the paths of the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines have made it clear that fracked-gas projects are not welcome.

Saving Appalachian Species

By | September 29, 2020

The Endangered Species Act plays a crucial role in protecting our region’s wealth of biodiversity — but this bedrock environmental law is under attack.