Posts Tagged ‘MVP Southgate’
Override of HB 600 makes it easier for Mountain Valley Pipeline to spoil North Carolina rivers and streams
Yesterday, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of HB 600, the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023. A section of this bill provides special loopholes for energy transmission projects, like pipelines, that are built in the state, giving them a much faster and more lenient Clean Water Act review by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
Read MoreChallenges Remain For Mountain Valley Pipeline
In 2022 and 2023, opponents of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have witnessed a number of victories and setbacks.
Read MoreIndigenous Couple Fights For Social And Environmental Justice
The nonprofit organization 7 Directions of Service is working to protect the rights of people and nature.
Read MoreStatement by Appalachian Voices on MVP Southgate’s certificate extension request
This Southgate pipeline is not in the public interest and the developers have not demonstrated its viability.
Read MoreStatement on MVP Southgate’s Voluntary Dismissal of NC Eminent Domain Pursuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 21, 2022 CONTACT: Ridge Graham, N.C. Field Coordinator, ridge[at]appvoices.org On Thursday, Oct. 20, Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, filed a voluntary dismissal of eminent domain proceedings in Alamance, Guilford and Rockingham counties, North Carolina. The pipeline company had been seeking eminent domain easements on 70 private properties to construct the proposed MVP…
Read MoreFour ways to help stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the dirty deal this week
It’s a critical moment in the movement against the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the effort to stop the polluter giveaway in Congress. Here are four ways to act.
Read MoreReport outlines the many challenges and risks to the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 20, 2022 CONTACT Chelsea Barnes, (614) 205-6424, chelsea@appvoices.org Jessica Sims, (804) 356-1228, jessica@appvoices.org Today, Appalachian Voices released a report detailing the unique and complex obstacles standing in the way of completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, despite its backers’ false assertion that construction is nearly complete. The report, “The Status and…
Read MoreThe road to stopping MVP: Spring 2022 update
The fight against MVP continues with a coalition committed to ending this dangerous and unnecessary project.
Read MoreAir Board denies key permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline, dealing critical blow to beleaguered fracked gas project
Contact Jessica Sims, jessica@appvoices.org Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org Chatham, VA — Today, in a victory for environmental justice, the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted 6-1 to deny the air quality permit for the proposed Lambert Compressor Station. The station would have connected the beleaguered Mountain Valley Pipeline to a proposed ‘Southgate’ extension into North Carolina.…
Read MoreResidents Near Proposed Lambert Compressor Station Push Back, Cite Environmental Racism
A Pittsylvania County community is urging the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board to deny a permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposed Lambert Compressor Station, which would pressurize and pump natural gas, emitting air pollution in the county’s historically Black Banister District.
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