Local & ACP
(see also Regional & MVP and Big Picture news)
Atlantic Coast Pipeline restoration planned to start later in WV than other states
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 1/6/21
Dominion files plans with federal regulators for 2.6 GW offshore wind project, largest in US to date
- – Utility Dive – 12/22/20
Virginia Natural Gas planning $205 million pipeline project in ‘rural crescent’
- – Prince William Times – 12/17/20
Despite setbacks for new natural gas projects, companies push forward with plans
- – Virginia Mercury – 12/16/20
Reaching Net Zero Emissions In Virginia Could Increase State GDP More Than $3.5 Billion Per Year
- – Forbes – 12/9/20
Header Injustice Project is Dismissed by Virginia State Corporation Commission
- – Food & Water Watch – 12/2/20
Regional & MVP
(see also Local & ACP and Big Picture news)
Environmental groups make another legal attack on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – The Roanoke Times – 12/22/20
MVP Cleared by FERC for Construction Near National Forest; Glick Calls Decision ‘Nonsensical’
- – Natural Gas Intelligence – 12/18/20
Forest Service supports Mountain Valley Pipeline route through Jefferson National Forest
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 12/11/20
Panel again hears environmental concerns about Mountain Valley Pipeline
- – The Roanoke Times – 12/9/20
Federal regulators are rewriting environmental rules so a massive pipeline can be built across West Virginia
- – Mountain State Spotlight – 12/8/20
Task force recommends new environmental justice positions at four key state agencies
- – NC Policy watch – 12/4/20
Big Picture
(see also ACP-MVP and Regional Issues news)
U.S. Disaster Costs Doubled in 2020, Reflecting Costs of Climate Change
- – The New York Times – 1/7/21
FERC’s Clements: ‘Grave threat’ of climate change will ‘underlie my approach as a commissioner’
- – Utility Dive – 12/18/20
Big but affordable effort needed for America to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, Princeton study shows
- – Princeton Environmental Research – 12/15/20
Commentary: I’m a Youth Climate Activist, Not an Environmentalist.
- – 100 Days in Appalachia – 12/7/20