A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals turned down an appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)’s December 2017 approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The case had been brought by Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Chesapeake Climate
Buckingham Air Permit Challenged in Court
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), on behalf of Friends of Buckingham, challenged on February 8 the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board’s decision to approve Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline Buckingham County compressor station. Joining SELC in the lawsuit, filed with the
West Virginia Legislature Considers Bill To “Condemn” ACP Opponents
A resolution condemning the “assaults on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline” from citizen groups has been introduced in the West Virginia House of Delegates. House Resolution 11, introduced February 6 and just made public this week, is co-sponsored by 49-members of
Virginia Water Board Calls Special March 1 Meeting on MVP Permit
The Virginia State Water Control Board will convene a special meeting on Friday, March 1 in Richmond to discuss how it should proceed to implement its decision of December 13, 2018 to consider the revocation of the Section 401 certification
Forest Service Joins Dominion in Challenging Fourth Circuit Decision
The U.S. Forest Service (NFS) filed on February 11 a petition for review of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in December vacating the NFS permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Atlantic
Al Gore and Rev. Barber to Visit Buckingham Feb. 19
Former Vice President Al Gore and Rev. William Barber will visit Buckingham County, VA on Tuesday, February 19 for a “Moral Call for Ecological Justice,” to be held from 6-8 pm at the Buckingham Middle School. The event is open
Legal Challenges to the ACP Abound: Here’s Where Things Stand
It has been fifty-seven months since Dominion Energy first announced its proposal to build a 600-mile natural gas pipeline from the Marcellus Shale fields of north-central West Virginia to the southern part of North Carolina. At first called the Southeast
Dominion Seeks Congressional Action on ACP Crossing Blue Ridge Parkway
Dominion Energy is making a concerted effort to convince Congress to grant permission for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Blue Ridge Parkway, authority for which was withdrawn by the National Park Service (per article above). This is according
Rehearing Sought on Fourth Circuit Opinion on ACP Forest Service Permit
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC filed on January 28 a petition with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals asking that the Court grant rehearing en banc (before the full Fourth Circuit) on the successful challenge that a group of ABRA
New Study Reinforces the Lack of Need for the ACP
A study released this week concludes that should the Atlantic Coast Pipeline ever be built its affiliated utility customers will have difficulty in convincing state regulators to pass on the project’s costs to utility customers. In short, “the project does