Posts Tagged ‘Virginia’
Virginia advocates secured big wins at the 2026 General Assembly
The 2026 Virginia General Assembly session turned out to be a monumental year for clean energy policy in the commonwealth, with significant clean energy and energy affordability bills passing both the House of Delegates and Senate.
Read MoreFight continues to restore unlawfully terminated EPA program
A federal appeals court heard oral arguments in a class-action lawsuit against the EPA to restore a program that was helping hundreds of community-based nonprofits, tribes and local governments build better futures for communities across the nation.
Read MoreWise County considers new gas infrastructure for data center project
Late last year, Wise County, Virginia, residents learned that Red Post Energy Group, a Texas-based company, had signed a letter of intent with Wise Innovation Hub Venture to develop a methane gas power plant for a proposed data center complex adjacent to the Lonesome Pine Airport.
Read MorePennington Gap community meeting to be held on March 31 to discuss future of Cas Walker site
On March 31, Appalachian Voices will host a meeting at the Pennington Gap Community Center to discuss the future of the former Cas Walker grocery store site.
Read MoreCommunity session will help guide Quarry Drive’s future
The Quarry Drive site is 193 acres of land that was last mined in the late 1990s. The site is largely covered by invasive species — mostly autumn olive shrubs.
Read MoreU.S. Army Corps of Engineers approves permit for SSEP pipeline
Yesterday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, an interstate pipeline proposed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC.
Read MoreThe Beast of Bristol Saga Continues
The Beast of Bristol is back. Or rather, the landfill’s impact and its intense odors, which have grown less frequent but never fully dissipated for some residents, have been recognized in a new federal public health agency report.
Read MoreCommunity and nonprofit groups appeal Chesterfield air permit
Today — on behalf of the Chesterfield County branch of the NAACP, CASA Inc., Appalachian Voices and Mothers Out Front — the Southern Environmental Law Center appealed the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s issuance of an air permit allowing Dominion Energy to build and operate a new methane gas plant in Chesterfield County.
Read MoreCoal company owned by Sen. Jim Justice releases financial statement contradicting its previous sworn testimony
A recent financial disclosure by A&G Coal Company asserts that the company has substantial positive net assets, contradicting the recent sworn testimony of its general counsel asserting that it was over $9 million in debt and therefore unable to comply with its obligations under a court-approved 2023 settlement agreement.
Read MoreFERC authorizes SSEP pipeline
Yesterday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the dangerous, expensive and unnecessary Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, or SSEP.
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