Posts Tagged ‘Natural Gas’
Environmental Votetracker — Aug/Sept 2017 issue
How Appalachian House and Senate members voted regarding several environmental issues in June and July
Read MoreThe fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is not over
As expected, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently gave a glowing review to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, overlooking the threats to wetlands, forest, drinking waters and indigenous populations along the pipeline’s proposed route.
Read MoreGroups blast FERC findings on Mountain Valley Pipeline for fracked gas
Contact information for those quoted provided below. A coalition of landowners and advocacy organizations today condemned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for disregarding the profound and long-lasting human and environmental trauma the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) would cause. In its final environmental review, released Friday morning, FERC ignores the most harmful impacts this…
Read MoreWho Profits from the Pipelines?
Expansion of the natural gas infrastructure through constructions such as the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines carry significant risks to the environment and communities near them. But they also carry significant financial benefits for the companies that build them, which may help explain the rush to build more and more pipelines.
Read MoreResistance to Pipelines Across the East
As more and more pipeline projects are proposed to bring fracked gas out of the Appalachian Basin, residents are rising up to voice their opposition and fight to stop the pipelines from endangering their communities.
Read MorePipelines Spark Safety Concerns
While both the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and industry groups say pipelines are the safest way to transport products like natural gas, pipeline incidents are on the rise.
Read MoreFederal review of Atlantic Coast Pipeline fails people and the environment
Contacts: Lewis Freeman, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, 703-298-8107, [email protected] Greg Buppert, Southern Environmental Law Center, 434-977-4090, [email protected] Ben Luckett, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, 404-645-0125, [email protected] Peter Anderson, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373, [email protected] An analysis of environmental impacts for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline is completely inadequate and falls far short of legal requirements. This is the overwhelming consensus…
Read MoreAtlantic Coast Pipeline proposal raises questions that beg for answers
West Virginia resident and guest blogger April Keating outlines some of the key concerns with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, including safety risk, runoff and pollution, increased fracking, costs to ratepayers and more.
Read MoreWhy stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline?
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is taking public comments from citizens regarding the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry fracked gas through W.Va. and Va. It’s a important chance for citizens to voice their concerns on-the-record. Read some of the reasons why Virginia Campaign Coordinator Peter Anderson is speaking out against the pipeline.
Read MoreCommunity and conservation groups condemn FERC’s review of proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline
Contact: Joe Lovett, Appalachian Mountain Advocates, 304-520-2324, [email protected] Laurie Ardison, Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights, 304-646-8339, [email protected] Kirk Bowers, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 434-296-8673, [email protected] Kelly Trout, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 240-396-2022, [email protected] Lara Mack, Appalachian Voices, 434-293-6373, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. – Federal regulators today released a draft environmental review for the proposed fracked-gas Mountain…
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