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Time’s up for the Mountain Valley Pipeline

By | September 22, 2020

More than 43,000 people agree — regulators need to reject MVP’s request for a deadline extension.

43,000 demand FERC reject extended permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline

By | September 14, 2020

CONTACT: Doug Jackson, 202-495-3045, doug.jackson@sierraclub.org Cat McCue, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Washington, D.C. – Water and climate advocacy organizations submitted comments and signatures from more than 43,000 people demanding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) deny the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline…

NC regulators deny environmental permit for fracked-gas Southgate pipeline

By | August 11, 2020

CONTACT: Ridge Graham, Appalachian Voices, (828) 994-7444, ridge@appvoices.org Perrin de Jong, Center for Biological Diversity, (828) 252-4646, perrin@biologicaldiversity.org Emily Sutton, Haw RiverKeeper, (573) 979-1038, emily@hawriver.org Today, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality denied the permit application for Southgate extension…

The End of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

By | July 21, 2020

Duke Energy and Dominion Energy canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline due to ever-increasing costs and legal battles — and similar hurdles remain for the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

State Governments Pass Bills to Increase Penalties for Pipeline Protests

By | July 21, 2020

Since March, three states have passed bills that increase punishments against people who protest oil and gas development and designate oil and gas facilities as critical infrastructure.

Dominion Energy and Duke Energy cancel Atlantic Coast Pipeline

By | July 5, 2020

CONTACT: Contact: Cat McCue, 434-293-6373, cat@appvoices.org Today, Duke Energy and Dominion Energy canceled the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), a proposed 600-mile fracked gas transmission line planned to span West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, citing economic uncertainty and continued delays.…

Lawsuits Against Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast Pipelines Ramp Up

By | February 25, 2020

Pipeline developers continue to be met with opposition from landowners, environmental groups, legislators and more.

The change in Richmond can bring change statewide

By | January 15, 2020

Advocates for clean energy, environmental justice and fair electricity pricing are leveraging the shift in political power in Richmond to advance their missions. Here’s some of the bills Appalachian Voices is working on this session.

Momentous win for environmental justice and against pipelines!

By | January 9, 2020

Communities and organizations fighting the proposed fracked-gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline celebrated a monumental win for environmental justice this week.

Rooted vision: Activists across the generations

By | December 16, 2019

A group of social justice activists from 17 to 75 from Virginia traveled to the 8th annual Southern Movement Assembly in Mississippi, where they made connections and drew inspiration from others.