Posts Tagged ‘Virginia’
Virginia’s Black Farmers Push Lawmakers to Provide Debt Relief
A slew of lawsuits from white farmers claiming “reverse discrimination” has delayed $4 billion in Covid-19 relief funds intended to forgive loans for farmers of color.
Read MoreVirginia’s draft permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline won’t protect water resources, groups say
CONTACT: David Sligh, Wild Virginia, david@wildvirginia.org, (434) 964-7455 Cat McCue, Appalachian Voices, cat@appvoices.org, (434) 293-6373 Russell Chisholm, Protect Our Water Heritage Rights, russell@powhr.org, (540) 404-2727 The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today released a draft decision on a request for a water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). This certification request is…
Read MoreUpdates in the fight against MVP and MVP Southgate
Catch up on updates about the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline and its Southgate extension with upcoming events, regulatory developments and the latest news about construction of these projects and the communities fighting back.
Read MoreNational Academies of Sciences to study impacts of potential industrial gold mining in Virginia
CONTACT: Chad Oba, Friends of Buckingham, chado108@icloud.com, 434-806-6332 Jessica Sims, Appalachian Voices, jessica@appvoices.org, 804-356-1228 Stephanie Rinaldi, Friends of Buckingham, rinaldis10@gmail.com, 402-290-6149 Buckingham, VA – Groups from around the state expressed optimism today that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) has agreed to study the potential impacts of industrial gold mining on water…
Read MoreVirginia Outlaws Box Turtles as Pets
The new regulation, which took effect in July, aims to reduce poaching and mitigate turtle population decline from habitat loss.
Read MoreVirginia Gold Rush
Residents fear a dangerous open-pit gold mine will open in Buckingham County before the Virginia General Assembly acts.
Read MoreStudents Push for Campus Climate Action
College students across the Appalachian region are calling for a host of climate and sustainability initiatives on their campuses.
Read MoreRelay Runners Followed Path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Three women ran the 415-mile route of the Mountain Valley Pipeline over the course of 10 days to protest the project and connect with residents along the pipeline’s path.
Read MoreNew Virginia law sets up stakeholder process to diversify coal region’s economy
CONTACT: Chelsea Barnes, Legislative Director, chelsea@appvoices.org, 614-205-6424 Governor Northam has signed into law a bill, passed by the General Assembly during the 2021 session, that ends decades-old tax credits for the coal industry and establishes a stakeholder process to inform economic development and transition in Southwest Virginia. The governor signed the bill on Thursday. Ending…
Read MoreLast Tree-sitters Removed from Path of Mountain Valley Pipeline
For 932 days, tree-sitters at the Yellow Finch site blocked the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The two remaining tree-sitters were extracted by Virginia State Police on March 23 and March 24.
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