Posts Tagged ‘Atlantic Coast Pipeline’
Pipeline Resistance Grows on Multiple Fronts
Tree-sits, legal battles and more have sprung up in response to the natural gas pipelines being proposed and built across the region.
Read MoreStates must uphold their responsibility to protect our waters
Our executive director calls on state leaders to join federal counterparts in protecting our waters from unnecessary pipelines.
Read MorePipeline Pushback Continues with Water Monitoring and Lawsuits
Appalachian Voices has joined a lawsuit calling on a federal court to stop construction on the Mountain Valley Pipeline and is working with citizen water monitors to hold pipeline developers accountable.
Read MoreHistory, health at stake in Buckingham County
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 MorePipeline Basics
A quick look at how pipelines are regulated, whether they’re needed, and what the environmental and economic effects are.
Read MoreElla Rose
Ella Rose enjoys watching wildlife near her home in the Virginia countryside. But Dominion Energy’s plan for a natural gas compressor station roughly 500 feet from her home in Buckingham County has disrupted that.
Read MoreMarvin Winstead
Marvin Winstead’s farm has been in his family for generations — and he refuses to allow the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to touch it.
Read MoreRobie Goins
Although Robie Goins does not own land directly in the path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, he is gravely concerned about the effects it would have on the Lumbee community.
Read MoreBarbara Exum
Barbara Exum says “there is a presumption that African-Americans do not care about the environment.” But she has been fighting against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in her county since the beginning.
Read MorePipelines Advance Despite Setbacks & Resistance
Community and grassroots backlash against pipeline developers, environmental regulators and elected officials continues, but it has yet to stop the growth of gas infrastructure in Appalachia.
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