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Congress to grant permission for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross the Blue Ridge Parkway, authority for which was withdrawn by the National Park Service (per article above).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
Mayors And Governors Rebut Trump Administration Position At Climate Summit
- – NPR – 12/12/18
Virginia DEQ Initiatives Enforcement Action Against the MVP
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued on July 10 a Notice of Violation (NOV) against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In announcing the Notice, DEQ said:
The alleged violations include failure to take corrective actions within required timeframes,
DEQ Takes Enforcement Action Against Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – The Roanoke Star – 3/16/18