Once the planet’s temperature rises 1.5 degrees Celsius due to global warming, “the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse polish off their martinis, look at each other, and say, ‘It’s go time.’”
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When “clean” energy isn’t
TAGS: bridge fuel clean energy Climate Climate change frack fracking global warming Natural Gas pipelines
Energy News Bites
The EPA did not update oil & gas waste rules despite protest, and is expected to change air pollution calculations to decrease health damage estimates. South Carolina passed an electric co-op transparency bill; West Virginia issued a pipeline permit without public input; and Murray Energy lost a labor rights appeal.
Virginians For Justice: Progress Not Pipelines!
Several hundred people from across Virginia turned out for a weekend of solidarity for environmental justice and climate action and to call for a halt to expanding fracked-gas infrastructure anywhere in the state.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Dominion Energy eqt frack herring mountain valley pipeline Natural Gas northam pipelines
Pipelines Plagued by Lawsuits and Delays
Construction remains halted on most of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s route and on some of the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s route due to a slew of legal issues.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline fracked gas mountain valley pipeline Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline MVP Southgate pipelines
Banning fracking worldwide
An international tribunal on human rights, fracking and climate change is calling for a worldwide ban on fracking. The community of Union Hill, Va., helped play a role in this historic occasion.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline buckingham Charlottesville fracking Natural Gas Peoples tri pipelines union hill Virginia
Virginia water board abandons pursuit of Mountain Valley Pipeline permit revocation
Today, the Virginia State Water Control Board unanimously voted to reverse course in pursuing revocation of Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Clean Water Act § 401 certification. In December, 2018, the board voted 4-3 to consider revoking the project’s certification, but today,…
TAGS: fracking mark herring mountain valley pipeline northam pipelines State water control board Virginia Water Pollution
Buckingham rises up with visit from Rev. Barber, Al Gore
Civil rights and climate activists Rev. William Barber and former Vice President Al Gore drew more than 1,000 people to a town hall meeting in Buckingham, Va., to highlight the environmental racism of the proposed frack-gas compressor station in the African-American community of Union Hill.
TAGS: al gore atlantic coast pipieline buckingham compressor station Environmental Justice environmental racism northam pipelines Poor People's Campaign Rev. Barber union hill
Elizabeth Ore and Peter Cowan
Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Southgate extension would cut straight through this couple’s yard if approved, potentially damaging their well and septic tank.
Virginia’s Union Hill community continues fight for environmental justice
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.
TAGS: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Buckingham compressor station Environmental Justice pipelines Virginia
Citizen Science in Appalachia
From monitoring the health of local waterways to tracking the changing seasons, people from all walks of life are seizing the opportunity to participate in scientific projects.
TAGS: Citizen science Coal invasive species Old-growth forest pipelines Volunteers water monitoring Water quality
