2021
- Friends of Nelson premieres documentary on fight against pipeline, turns over records
- Draft report warns gold mine could be ‘serious threat’ to Buckingham
- Federal proposal requiring Mountain Valley Pipeline completion halted
- Buckingham County can avoid gold mining, officials say
- Opinion: It’s not too late to call it quits on the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Nuclear will be major for Virginia’s electric grid as utilities decarbonize, regulator says
- Port of Virginia Plans to Run on 100-Percent Clean Electricity by 2024
- Predatory residential solar installers could sow mistrust, advocates fear
- Federal solar import investigation slows Virginia projects
- Turning wind into power off the Wilmington coast could be a decade away
- Public comments again sought on Botetourt County wind farm
- Pipeline developer urges replacement of 4th Circuit Panel
- Dominion makes its case to SCC for $9.65 billion from customers to build wind farm
- State panel studies potential impact of gold mining in Virginia
- Shareholders ask Dominion for report on risk of stranded natural gas assets
- Advocates say Duke Energy’s North Carolina climate plan relies too heavily on fossil fuels
- New Comment Period and Public Meeting Announced for Rocky Forge Wind Farm’s Modified Permit
- Not a great time to roll out Dominion’s pricey solar tariff
- Mountain Valley pipeline delayed as costs rise to $6.6B
- Gold mining comes with risks and rewards. But those aren’t equally shared.
- Gas Giants Have Been Ghostwriting Letters Of Support From Elected Officials
- Panel says Virginia should do more to promote solar development on brownfields
- Virginia’s solar output more than doubles in one year
- Is Joe Manchin Worth Compromising With Anymore?
- Federal regulators issue key approval for Mountain Valley Pipeline, but project faces fresh legal scrutiny
- Marshall: Chickahominy Power plant is dead. Is the Mountain Valley Pipeline next?
- Youngkin administration says it aims to speed up environmental permitting
- Billions of dollars at stake as huge gold mine moves ahead with South Carolina expansion
- Youngkin administration sets stricter runoff rules for solar farms
- Virginia SCC staff questions Dominion Energy’s offshore wind cost assumptions
- NC has great potential for offshore wind development, experts say, and a gust of direct benefits could follow
- Gill lice detected for first time in Virginia trout
- In A David Versus Goliath Battle Between NGOs And A Pipeline Company, Goliath Is Losing
- Appeals court won’t revisit decision to reject Mountain Valley Pipeline permit
- Natural gas pipeline expansion would pass through Suffolk
- Virginia Senators push for new National Scenic Area on Shenandoah Mountain
- Dominion agrees to study viability of Wise power plant that’s not producing much power
- Keep an eye on costs, but Virginia needs offshore wind – Virginia Mercury – 4/1/22
- More than 800 solar projects in Bay states stuck waiting for review
- With construction at a standstill, Mountain Valley Pipeline looks for solutions
- Chickahominy Power cancels plans for natural gas plant in Charles City
- Sierra Club Virginia Chapter Requests Moratorium on Land-disturbing Activities in Candy Darter Critical Habitats
- Rocky Forge Wind Project Becomes Can Kicked Down The Road
- Coal country crawfish get critical habitat protections
- Youngkin says RGGI won’t cut emissions. Critics say his own report shows he’s wrong.
- Bill stripping citizen air and water boards of permitting power headed to governor
- Mountain Valley Pipeline lead investor urges patience
- Limpert: Mountain Valley Pipeline will be a health hazard
- Buffalo Creek — 50 years later
- Do opponents of Botetourt County wind farm live too far away to sue?
- Tilting toward windmills
- The ACP was canceled but we still lost our land
- Mountain Valley facing ‘greater uncertainty,’ lead partner in pipeline project says
- The Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Never Be Completed—Time For Everyone to Admit It
- Developers halt Va. natural gas pipeline
- Air and water board bills hurt businesses and communities
- Planned wind farm in Botetourt County again looking for a buyer of its renewable energy
- Dominion Energy Plans to Put New Coal Ash Landfill on Potomac River
- Future of Mountain Valley Pipeline clouded by court decisions
- House panel rejects metals mining study
- Senate panel advances bill to strip citizen boards’ environmental permitting power
- Senate approves ceding site-specific water pollution permit limit oversight, weakening some water quality standards
- Mountain Valley Pipeline loses permit to cross through Jefferson National Forest
- Court may back Mountain Valley pipeline, despite NEPA fight
- Conservation Groups Scrutinize Monongahela Timber-Harvest Proposal
- ‘Make it more environmentally sound’: Citizen group takes on popular Southwest Va. trail network
- GOP senator says Youngkin would sign bill to ban Dominion Energy campaign donations
- The GOP offensive against climate action begins
- Union joins fight against Trump-era EPA boss
- MVP Still Targeting Summer 2022 Start-Up Despite Latest Lawsuit
- Trump EPA head, coal lobbyist tapped as Virginia’s environmental chief
- Top Northam administration officials say state should not forbid new fossil fuel plants
- Restoring Lands Impacted by Scuttled Appalachian Natural Gas Pipelines to Cause Minimal Impacts, FERC Affirms
- SCC throws roadblock at proposed Central Virginia pipeline project
- Gold mining study begins as discoveries continue in Virginia
- How big can the offshore wind industry be in Hampton Roads? Leaders ‘trying to create it from scratch.’
- Solar boosters pool money and know-how to put panels on neighbors’ homes
- Mountain Valley Pipeline stream-crossing permit approved by Virginia regulators
- Virginia regulatory board denies Mountain Valley Pipeline compressor station permit
- Exploratory drilling for copper, zinc underway in Pittsylvania County as new environmental coalition forms
- Resident group opposed to gold mining
- Chickahominy Pipeline: Should we trust them?
- Virginia’s flood woes: It’s time for some consistency
- Meet a clean water activist fighting to protect Virginia streams from the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Army Corps of Engineers again pushes back deadline for DEP decision on key water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Ghazala F. Hashmi column: Mountain Valley Pipeline is unjust and our state board must deny new permits
- Chatham residents and others to speak against Lambert Compressor Station at air board hearing
- Stark Choice for Va. Regulators on Shared-solar ‘Minimum Bill’
- Green energy may flourish even with Republicans dominating Richmond
- SCC approves settlement in review of Dominion Energy Virginia rates
- A coal plant fights to stay open. It could enrich Manchin
- State should have oversight over proposed Chickahominy Pipeline, regulator says
- Mountain Valley Pipeline has a terrible record. Why would regulators let it go forward?
- Black Appalachian Coalition aims to shift narrative on energy, other issues
- Second lawsuit filed by opponents of proposed wind farm in Botetourt County
- Big gold mine fined again, this time for toxic discharge violations near SC town
- Giant Virginia Offshore Wind Project Makes Five Key Construction Awards
- Head of WV transportation says federal infrastructure bill would go a long way on highway projects
- Will property owners who lost land to scuttled Atlantic Coast Pipeline get it back?
- Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, but hurdles remain
- Environmental concerns dominate Army Corps public comment hearing on key permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Court hears arguments in latest legal attack on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Water Board should reject Mountain Valley Pipeline permit this time around
- At issue in Chickahominy Pipeline hearing: Just what is a public utility?
- Underground mine safety test center near Snowshoe gets green light
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Plans Virginia Beach, Virginia, Offshore Wind Turbine Facility
- The common wealth of water
- Dominion, attorney general and SCC staff reach deal in contentious rate case
- In Virginia, momentum grows for grassroots group mobilized against now-canceled gas plant
- Gubernatorial candidates comment, or choose not to, on Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Major U.S. offshore wind plan hits obstacles
- Landmark EJ ruling sparks legislative reckoning in Va.
- Uranium mining ban upheld as Supreme Court of Va. declines to reopen lower court ruling
- Mountain Valley Pipeline water permit arguments tread familiar ground
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Steals Citizen Board Authority, Falsely Claims Board Made a “Preliminary Decision” to Issue Mountain Valley Pipeline Permit
- ‘Completely out of the norm’: Central Virginia counties protest Chickahominy Pipeline plan
- U.S. Interior Department Orders WV To Bolster Coal Mine Cleanup Program
- West Virginia’s coal powered the nation for years. Now, many look to a cleaner future.
- Editorial: A cleaner future won’t happen without developing a new generation of talent
- A historically Black town stood in the way of a pipeline – so developers claimed it was mostly white
- EPA, New River Gorge, others express concerns to FERC about potential Mountain Valley Pipeline impacts
- Southwest Virginia landowners still fighting pipeline’s use of eminent domain
- Can Southwest Virginia remake itself as a laboratory for renewables?
- Dominion Virginia customers should get $312 million refund, plus rate cut, SCC staff says
- Mountain Valley Pipeline seeks the identity of its anonymous critics
- DEQ taking public comments on Mountain Valley Pipeline stream crossings
- Virginia environmental regulators make preliminary decision to issue key water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
- On Shenandoah River, algae and bacteria continue to plague recreation — and human health
- Virginia county fends off natural gas plant, but battles continue
- Lawsuit against wind farm in Botetourt County allowed to move forward
- Federal environmental assessment green-lights change in Mountain Valley Pipeline construction method
- Fight brewing over alleged aquifer damage by Mountain Valley Pipeline
- National Academies to study potential impacts of gold mining in Virginia
- Dominion should return property to owners
- A close look at what’s next now that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been canceled
- The South’s Clean Energy Disruption
- Federal review recommends leaving cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline pipe, felled trees in place
- Pipeline’s plan to offset greenhouse gas emissions questioned by environmentalists
- Lawmakers ask SCC to analyze Dominion rates with an eye on refunds for customers
- Stop whining about solar panels — we need more now
- When Herring was in midst of primary, Dominion Energy gave $200K to association helping his campaign
- Coal fuels less and less Virginia electricity. But when should utilities pull the plug on plants?
- Wind farm planned for Botetourt missed deadline for approval, county says
- Developer Abandons Virginia Gas-Fired Power Project
- How Va. pipeline ruling may reshape environmental justice
- EPA challenge muddles future of Mountain Valley pipeline
- Hadwin: MVP: The whole story
- Company exploring new gas pipeline in five central and eastern Va. Counties
- For many Nelson County residents, victory over pipeline remains sweet one year later
- What sank the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? It wasn’t just environmentalism.
- Mountain Valley Pipeline follows familiar playbook: Push pollution into poor and minority communities
- Limpert: DEQ ignores health threats
- Air Board pushes decision on Lambert compressor station permit to September following complaints
- Virginia Gold Rush: Residents fear dangerous open pit mine will open in Buckingham County before General Assembly acts
- Researchers eye coal ash as a possible source of critical minerals — and Southwest Virginia jobs
- DEQ inspectors believe a proposed gas plant broke the rules. But the agency reversed a plan to revoke the permit.
- VIRGINIA & NORTH CAROLINA: Commercial Offshore Wind Parks on Deck
- The fracking boom is over. Where did all the jobs go?
- Nelson officials recognize anniversary of pipeline’s demise as day of celebration
- Biden must stop methane pipelines to deliver on climate change and environmental justice
- Randy Kesling: Protecting trout relies on rigorous pipeline oversight
- Va. pipeline tests landmark environmental justice ruling
- Wind farm in Botetourt County missed deadline for approval, opponents say
- New mapping tool aims to clarify Virginia environmental justice debates
- Governor tells lawmakers to ‘go back to the drawing board’ on major energy bill
- Dominion Energy’s wind turbines have been more efficient than expected
- Companies Behind Mountain Valley Pipeline Fail to Protect Shareholders From This Economically and Environmentally Nonsensical Project
- Water quality impact to be key consideration as Mountain Valley Pipeline hangs in limbo
- Mountain Valley Pipeline resumes work on steep slopes in Roanoke area
- Botetourt wind project hits resistance
- Dominion Slow-walks Efficiency & Keeps Their Rates High
- Virginia advocates seek path forward for electric school buses despite lack of state funds
- New N.C. State study finds socially vulnerable communities bear brunt of pipelines
- Comment period for key Mountain Valley Pipeline water permits is here
- Enviro Groups Argue: Mountain Valley Pipeline Drilling Proposal Requires Virginia Clean Water Act Review
- May 19 Endangered Species Day: Mountain Valley Pipeline Continues To Harm Their Habitats
- Virginia Activists Highlight Environmental Injustices in Fracked Gas Plant Permitting Process
- New mapping project brings 3 million acres of West Virginia wetlands into focus
- Dominion’s exit from regional capacity market raises some eyebrows — and questions
- Virginia should note Colorado’s approach to coal
- FERC urged to restore property rights in ACP’s path
- North Carolina regulators again reject proposed MVP extension
- MVP delayed again as project cost keeps rising
- Private land taken for MVP: At what price?
- West Virginia water quality in crosshairs again
- Charles City gas plant enters limbo with state certification in doubt
- Virginia DEQ announces new Environmental Justice Office
- Virginia landowners urge FERC to require cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline to relinquish easements
- Pipeline Run; MVP Opponents Continue the Protests
- 62 groups urge Biden admin to scrap Mountain Valley permits
- Protester who blocked pipeline work in Giles County is charged, jailed
- Hileman: DEQ should reject MVP’s water-crossing application
- As it takes up another contentious permit, air board wrestles with public engagement
- New superintendent named for Blue Ridge Parkway
- Council on Environmental Justice asks Northam to institute fossil fuel infrastructure ban
- ‘It’s time to retire’: With six-year struggle now behind them, some opponents of ACP moving on
- Pipeline opponents urge State Water Control Board to increase oversight
- Candy darter fish gets critical habitat designation, but remains in the path of a pipeline
- Funds from Mountain Valley Pipeline awarded for Carvins Cove land, other projects
- Editorial: Offshore wind represent prime opportunity for Virginia
- As Dominion’s rate review gears up, a broader fight about regulatory balance resurges
- Opinion: Competition will build a reliable, affordable energy future for Virginia
- Tom Farrell dies at 66, the day after stepping down as leader of Dominion Energy
- WV House approves Senate resolution supporting canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline project
- Stream crossings for Mountain Valley Pipeline become more complicated
- City, County Support Shenandoah Mountain National Scenic Area Designation
- Lawmakers must protect Virginians from the harms of gold mining
- Bondurant: Why was press blocked from tree-sitter removal?
- FERC rejects bid to halt Mountain Valley construction
- Defense League lobbies for landowner easements
- Appalachian Fracking Faces Financial Risks, Report Warns. Hopes for Petrochemical Plastics Boom ‘Unlikely.’
- W.Va. joins 21-state coalition in suit against Keystone XL cancellation
- Death of 600-mile pipeline leaves ‘zombie easements’
- Friends of Nelson fighting for pipeline easements to be released
- Mountain Valley Pipeline’s extension opposed by existing Transco pipeline
- Federal court rules that DEQ acted legally in denying MVP Southgate permit, but must explain itself
- IEEFA U.S.: Financial rationale for Mountain Valley Pipeline has evaporated in changing market
- Kevin Campbell: Manchin should chart new course for WV (Opinion)
- Water utilities, state environmental regulators wary of bill that would relax oil and gas tank oversight
- On environmental justice, Democrats split over the best path forward
- New Report Strongly Implies That the Virginia Clean Economy Act’s 2045/2050 Timeframe Is At Least a Decade Too Slow
- Virginia looks to gain ground in states’ slow race on electric vehicle policy
- The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Is a Bust, but Property Owners Along the Route Are Stuck in Limbo
- Mountain Valley Pipeline still on target for completion this year, developers say
- Investors Managing $250 Billion in Assets Call on Big Banks to Stop Funding Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Editorial: Bold investment needed to modernize electric grid
- ATC Rejects Mountain Valley Pipeline Opponents’ Request to See $19.5 Million Agreement
- Blackjewel’s bankruptcy is a harbinger of trouble ahead for the plummeting coal industry
- Dominion Cleaning by Greening, but Natural Gas Not a Goner
- Dominion plans to build nearly 200 giant wind turbines off Virginia. But getting that energy into the grid won’t be easy.
- ABRA members file comments with FERC about ACP restoration issues
- Press Release: Gold mining legislation approved by Virginia Senate
- Conservationists Urge Higher Fines for Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
- Mountain Valley Pipeline still facing concerns over Lewis County erosion issues
- ATC Reveals Further Details of $19.5M Pipeline Agreement
- Appalachia’s top natural gas-producing counties falling further behind economically, report says
- Va. Senate committee kills bills aimed at Dominion Energy over-earnings
- Will the House put the brakes on the electric school bus bill again?
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy Refuses to Make Public $19.5 Million Pipeline Agreement
- Mountain Valley Pipeline cited again for erosion and sedimentation violations
- Concerns over erosion impact of Mountain Valley Pipeline continue with project in limbo
- Mountain Valley to seek new water quality certifications from Virginia
- Christopulos: Another misleading poll from Mountain Valley Pipeline supporters
- Lawsuit seeks to stop proposed wind farm in Botetourt County
- Regulators say Dominion’s long-range plan doesn’t meet statutory standards
- Attorney general pushes for legislation aimed at Dominion Energy’s excess profits
- Dominion Energy nearly quadruples Virginia political contributions from 2018 to 2020
- Living with natural gas pipelines: Appalachian landowners describe fear, anxiety and loss
- The Biden administration promises to clean up mine land and create jobs in Appalachia. Here are some steps it can take.
- In a rare rebuke, FERC fails to approve Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposal
- Forest Service approves MVP crossing through Jefferson National Forest, triggering lawsuit and frustration from environmentalists
- Bipartisan coalition looks to reform Virginia’s system of electric utility regulation
- AG Mark Herring Part of Lawsuit That Just Blocked Trump’s “Dirty Power” Rule That Violated the Clean Air Act
- Virginia groups sue U.S. Forest Service over new environmental review standards
- Electric resource plans suggest hotly contested path to WV’s energy future
- Manchin on fracking, climate and a clean energy standard
- Appalachian coal mine reclamation bonding issues highlighted in new report
- Atlantic Coast Pipeline restoration planned to start later in WV than other states
- Dominion files plans with federal regulators for 2.6 GW offshore wind project, largest in US to date
- Virginia’s legacy coal country looks to solar for economic growth
- Virginia Natural Gas planning $205 million pipeline project in ‘rural crescent’
Two major article categories were combined in 2021, reflecting changes affecting projects of interest and ABRA’s focus, more generally.
Prior to January 2021:
Local & ACP:
focused on stories about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, Dominion Energy and Virginia Energy and Environmental Policy.
Regional & MVP:
focused on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, regional pipeline issues, gas production and environmental concerns.