In a first-of-its-kind analysis, the Energy and Policy Institute (EPI) has examined the philanthropic contributions of 10 leading investor-owned electric utilities in the U.S. EPI found that “all of these major utilities use their charitable giving to manipulate politics,
“Strings Attached”: New Report Examines How Dominion, Other Utilities “Use Charitable Giving to Influence Politics and Increase Investor Profits”
- – Blue Virginia – 12/11/19
3 E’s: The Top 3 Climate Action Items for VA Leaders in 2020
- – Natural Resources Defense Council – 11/9/19
Complaint Filed with FERC Over MVP Violations, Water Board Action Sought
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been asked to revoke the certificate of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in a Formal Complaint filed June 21 by Wild Virginia, Preserve Craig, Indian Creek Watershed Association and two private landowners.
Water board should support call for federal action to halt pipeline damage
- – Virginia Mercury – 6/25/19
Investors with $34 trillion demand urgent climate change action
- – Reuters – 6/25/19
Pipeline opponents meet with German environmental activists
- – The Roanoke Times – 3/21/19
The $32 Trillion Pushing Fossil Fuel CEOs to Act on Climate Change
- – Yahoo Finance – 2/21/19
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Congress to grant permission for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Blue Ridge Parkway, authority for which was withdrawn by the National Park Service (per article above).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 to several news reports and conversations that some ABRA members have had with Members of Congress and staff.
Legal Action Challenges Virginia, North Carolina Fracked Gas Pipeline
- – Center for Biological Diversity – 12/11/18