Air Pollution Control Board votes to remove Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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Air Pollution Control Board votes to remove Virginia from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By | June 7, 2023

Today, Virginia’s Air Pollution Control Board decided to remove the state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. In a 4-3 vote, the board carried out the wishes of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who has targeted RGGI since taking office.

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…

SCC approves first biogas project under new law

By | January 24, 2023

Press Release from Appalachian Voices and the Southern Environmental Law Center For Immediate Release January 24, 2023 Contacts Peter Anderson, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373 or peter@appvoices.org Tasha Durrett, SELC Communications, 434-977-4090 or tdurrett@selcva.org CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC)…

Parties reach agreement on offshore wind project with significant customer cost protections

By | October 28, 2022

CONTACT Tasha Durrett, SELC Communications Manager, (434) 977-4090, tdurrett@selcva.org Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (540) 798-6683), dan@appvoices.org CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Today the Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Consumer Counsel, Dominion Energy, Walmart, the Sierra Club and Appalachian Voices filed…

No Easy Answers on Coal Ash Cleanup

By | August 25, 2022

10 people raise their fists in front of a bronze statue

To protect groundwater and community health, coal ash ponds must be cleaned up. But, as communities in Tennessee have learned, safely removing the toxic waste brings its own set of challenges.

SELC, Appalachian Voices seek release of opinion that Virginia’s withdrawal from RGGI would violate law

By | August 4, 2022

CONTACT: Alexandra Werner-Winslow, SELC Communications Manager (VA), awernerwinslow@selcva.org, (434) 977-4090 Peter Anderson, Appalachian Voices Virginia Policy Director, peter@appvoices.org, (434) 249-6446 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Today the Southern Environmental Law Center filed suit in Charlottesville Circuit Court on behalf of Appalachian Voices…

Mountain Valley Pipeline faces new legal challenge to water permit

By | December 22, 2021

Richmond, VA — A new legal action filed today challenges Virginia’s State Water Control Board approval of a key water quality permit for the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. The petition for review of the project was filed with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

Trump Proposes Major Rollback of Key Environmental Law

By | February 25, 2020

The president’s planned changes to the National Environmental Policy Act include eliminating a requirement for agencies to review the cumulative impacts of certain infrastructure projects on climate change.

Celebrating a Coal Ash Win in N.C.

By | February 25, 2020

We celebrated a major victory alongside residents living near Duke Energy’s North Carolina coal ash pits in January when the state ordered the monopoly utility to clean up their mess.