Local & ACP
(see also Regional & MVP and Big Picture news)
City, County Support Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area Designation
- – Daily News-Herald – 3/26/21
Appalachian Fracking Faces Financial Risks, Report Warns. Hopes for Petrochemical Plastics Boom ‘Unlikely.’
- – DeSmog – 3/26/21
New Report Strongly Implies That the Virginia Clean Economy Act’s 2045/2050 Timeframe Is At Least a Decade Too Slow
- – Blue Virginia – 3/11/21
Virginia looks to gain ground in states’ slow race on electric vehicle policy
- – Energy News Network – 3/16/21
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Is a Bust, but Property Owners Along the Route Are Stuck in Limbo
- – Indy Week – 2/24/21
Regional & MVP
(see also Local & ACP and Big Picture news)
W.Va. joins 21-state coalition in suit against Keystone XL cancellation
- – Bluefield Daily Telegraph – 3/19/21
Mountain Valley Pipeline’s extension opposed by existing Transco pipeline
- – The Roanoke Times – 3/16/21
Federal court rules that DEQ acted legally in denying MVP Southgate permit, but must explain itself
- – The Progressive Pulse – 3/12/21
IEEFA U.S.: Financial rationale for Mountain Valley Pipeline has evaporated in changing market
- – IEEFA – 3/8/21
Kevin Campbell: Manchin should chart new course for WV (Opinion)
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 3/16/21
Water utilities, state environmental regulators wary of bill that would relax oil and gas tank oversight
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 3/15/21
Mountain Valley Pipeline still on target for completion this year, developers say
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/23/21
Big Picture
(see also ACP-MVP and Regional Issues news)
Biden’s Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
- – The New York Time – 3/31/21
Big banks’ trillion-dollar finance for fossil fuels ‘shocking’, says report
- – The Guardian – 3/24/21
Biden administration wants the financial sector to face up to climate risk
- – The Washington Post – 3/17/21