The General Accountability Office (GAO), a research agency that is part of the U.S. Congress, released a new study last month on pipeline safety. Performance Measures Needed to Assess Recent Changes to Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Regulations was released June
What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It wasn’t just environmentalism.
Card – Virginia Mercury – 7/8/21
Mountain Valley Pipeline follows familiar playbook: Push pollution into poor and minority communities
Card – Virginia Mercury – 7/2/21
Limpert: DEQ ignores health threats
Card – The Roanoke Times – 7/4/21
Air Board pushes decision on Lambert compressor station permit to September following complaints
Card – Virginia mercury – 7/3/21
Virginia Gold Rush: Residents fear dangerous open pit mine will open in Buckingham County before General Assembly acts
Card – The Appalachian Voice – 6/25/21 Related: – ABRA’s Conservation Hub hosts an online map and web page addressing this issue.
Researchers eye coal ash as a possible source of critical minerals — and Southwest Virginia jobs
Card – Virginia Mercury – 7/7/21
DEQ inspectors believe a proposed gas plant broke the rules. But the agency reversed a plan to revoke the permit.
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 6/25/21
VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA: Commercial Offshore Wind Parks on Deck
Card – Environment News Service – 7/4/21
The fracking boom is over. Where did all the jobs go?
Card – MIT Technology Review – 7/1/21