Regional Issues

Mountain Valley Pipeline stream-crossing permit approved by Virginia regulators

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/14/21 Related: Virginia State Water Control Board Consents to Further Assault on State Waters by MVP

Virginia regulatory board denies Mountain Valley Pipeline compressor station permit

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/3/21 Related: MVP Southgate Developers Eye ‘Next Steps’ After Virginia DEQ Panel Denies Permit

Exploratory drilling for copper, zinc underway in Pittsylvania County as new environmental coalition forms

Card – Danville Register & Bee – 12/13/21 Related: Press Pause on metal mining in Virginia

Resident group opposed to gold mining

Card – The Farmville Herald – 12/10/21

Chickahominy Pipeline: Should we trust them?

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/16/21

Virginia’s flood woes: It’s time for some consistency

Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/14/21 Related: Va. governor-elect vows to exit cap-and-trade program

Meet a clean water activist fighting to protect Virginia streams from the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Card – Energy News Network

Army Corps of Engineers again pushes back deadline for DEP decision on key water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline

Card – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 11/30/21

Ghazala F. Hashmi column: Mountain Valley Pipeline is unjust and our state board must deny new permits

Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/25/21

Chatham residents and others to speak against Lambert Compressor Station at air board hearing

Card – Appalachian Voices – 12/1/21 Related: Residents Near Proposed Lambert Compressor Station Push Back, Cite Environmental Racism

ABRA CONSERVATION HUB

ABRA’s Conservation Hub program promotes responsible resource management by providing access to critical information needed for effective public involvement in environmental review and oversight.

Following the defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in 2020, ABRA initiated the Conservation Hub to support informed public engagement with the broader range of environmental issues confronting the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Mountain region. The Conservation Hub builds on the analysis and information sharing capacity achieved through ABRA’s Pipeline CSI project during the years of ACP opposition.

The Conservation Hub is based on the use of GIS mapping to provide details and context for land development projects and management practices that involve risk of environmental harm, as well as for environmental preservation and restoration initiatives. The Conservation Hub also provides access to regulatory documents and assessments related to specific projects or issues.

Multiple Conservation Hub sites, focused on individual projects or issues, have been developed collaboratively with ABRA’s partners and allies. Going forward, we invite conservation groups, individuals, and communities to provide ideas for new Hub sites and GIS mapping that can contribute to informed public engagement on behalf of environmental integrity in the Allegheny-Blue Ridge region.