Wednesday, August 18th, 2021 | Posted by Ridge Graham | 1 Comment
Catch up on updates about the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline and its Southgate extension with upcoming events, regulatory developments and the latest news about construction of these projects and the communities fighting back. [
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Thursday, March 18th, 2021 | Posted by Austin Counts | No Comments
The New Economy Network of Southwest Virginia continues to progress local conversations to bring positive change to the region. [
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Monday, March 15th, 2021 | Posted by Peter Anderson | No Comments
We and our allies fought hard for the health and well-being of communities and the environment, and we're grateful for the emails and calls you delivered to the legislature to support these efforts. [
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Saturday, January 9th, 2021 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
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. [
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Thursday, December 10th, 2020 | Posted by Emily Piontek | No Comments
Energy democracy is taking shape in Virginia. Join our statewide workgroup and add your voice to the call for a clean, equitable energy system. [
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 | Posted by Willie Dodson | No Comments
As companies go bankrupt, they tend to pass off their mine mining permits — and the responsibility to reclaim them — to increasingly questionable entities. This is currently unfolding in Southwest Virginia, if the state mining agency allows it.
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Thursday, October 8th, 2020 | Posted by Emily Piontek | No Comments
Virginia lawmakers must take this opportunity, now, to compel Dominion Energy to forgive debt of families and businesses struggling from the Covid-economic crisis. [
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Thursday, October 1st, 2020 | Posted by Cat McCue | No Comments
Two years behind schedule, $2 billion over budget, only half-built, facing financial headwinds and some investor skepticism, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is anything but a done deal or a sure bet. [
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 | Posted by Chelsea Barnes | No Comments
Appalachian Power Company is blocking local schools and municipal governments from installing solar. But these public entities have the opportunity to strike a better deal during upcoming contract negotiations with the obstructionist utility.
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 | Posted by Emily Piontek | No Comments
Most rural folks rely on electric co-ops for their power, and as "member-owners," they vote on board members who decide everything from rates to whether clean energy is part of their energy source. [
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 | Posted by Ridge Graham | No Comments
Try as they might, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have never been able to justify the tremendous environmental and social costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline — nor the project’s economic burden on customers. As they meet with shareholders this week, they should abandon ship on this boondoggle. [
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Friday, April 24th, 2020 | Posted by Peter Anderson | No Comments
A new law in Virginia protects electricity customers from paying for unnecessary natural gas pipelines; it could have impact on the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. [
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