Posts Tagged ‘Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’
Virginia DEQ approves water permits for controversial SSEP pipeline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 29, 2025 CONTACTDan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org RICHMOND, Va. — On Dec. 23, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality approved the Virginia Water Protection Permit and Upland Certification for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC’s methane gas pipeline “Southeast Supply Enhancement Project.” The approval comes despite deep public opposition…
Read MorePart two: Why Dominion Energy’s bad track record on energy efficiency matters for its proposed Chesterfield gas plant
This is the second of two blogs on the proposed methane gas power plant in Chesterfield, which Dominion Energy calls the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center or CERC. Here we’ll look at Dominion Energy’s failure to meet their energy efficiency requirements and why that’s important, and we’ll show that there is a cleaner and more affordable way for Dominion to produce electricity.
Read MorePart one: The $3 billion health costs of Dominion Energy’s proposed Chesterfield gas power plant
This is the first of two blogs looking at how Dominion Energy’s plans for a new methane gas power plant in Chesterfield would affect the local community and everyone in Virginia who gets power from the state’s biggest power company. We’ll dive into the latter in part two!
Read MoreHear the Pound, Virginia, BAD Buildings final report
Partners from West Virginia University’s BAD (Brownfields, Abandoned, Dilapidated) Building Program have devised a comprehensive overview of Pound’s buildings in need based on a 2023 program involving residents of town of Pound, Appalachian Voices, WVU Bad Buildings and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
Read MoreJudge rules that Virginia regulators didn’t have authority to end state participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Today, the Floyd County Circuit Court released a ruling that the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, its director and the State Air Pollution Control Board did not have the authority to end Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Read MoreMountain Valley Pipeline’s restoration work causing even more issues
According to landowners along the path of the pipeline and state regulators, MVP continues its documented history of shoddy work and water quality violations in this final stage of construction.
Read MoreOpposition to new Dominion gas plant grows — and now includes Virginia state legislators
What I learned from the town hall was that Dominion, a company with significant resources and ability to expand clean energy in Virginia, has branded a new polluting gas plant as its only option for “reliability.”
Read MorePound participates in new brownfields program
The Town of Pound is partnering with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Appalachian Voices with assistance from the West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center to participate in a new revitalization program that will inventory sites and buildings and identify dilapidated and abandoned buildings.
Read MoreGovernor Youngkin, have you heard? Virginians love RGGI!
Virginians speak up about Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposal to exit the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. RGG limits carbon pollution from power plants at the lowest possible cost while funneling millions of dollars into at-risk communities.
Read MoreThe Beast of Bristol: The Landfill Haunting Residents of the Twin Cities
Terrible, persistent smells from the Bristol landfill have put a damper on quality of life for residents of the Twin Cities. Officials acknowledge the problem, but there’s no clear path forward.
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