Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/28/22
Air and water board bills hurt businesses and communities
Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/21/22 Related: Va. Senate Democrats pass GOP bill to remove power of citizen environmental boards Bill to strip state environmental boards of permitting authority is a big mistake
Senate panel advances bill to strip citizen boards’ environmental permitting power
Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/8/22
New members join ABRA’s Board of Directors
Three new members have been elected to ABRA’s Board of Directors: Ben Luckett, Appalachian Mountain Advocates; David Sligh, Wild Virginia; and Judy Rodd, Friends of Blackwater. Continuing on the ABRA Board are Kate Boyle of Appalachian Advocates (Vice Chair), ABRA
Mountain Valley Pipeline stream-crossing permit approved by Virginia regulators
Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/14/21 Related: Virginia State Water Control Board Consents to Further Assault on State Waters by MVP
Virginia regulatory board denies Mountain Valley Pipeline compressor station permit
Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/3/21 Related: MVP Southgate Developers Eye ‘Next Steps’ After Virginia DEQ Panel Denies Permit
Virginia Water Board approves MVP permit
The Virginia State Water Control Board voted 3-2 on December 14 to approve a water quality certificate for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Two members were not present. The project still needs a water certificate from West Virginia, which is
Ghazala F. Hashmi column: Mountain Valley Pipeline is unjust and our state board must deny new permits
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/25/21
Chatham residents and others to speak against Lambert Compressor Station at air board hearing
Card – Appalachian Voices – 12/1/21 Related: Residents Near Proposed Lambert Compressor Station Push Back, Cite Environmental Racism
Virginia Water Board to consider permit for MVP on December 14
The Virginia State Water Control Board will consider at its December 14 meeting in Richmond the pending application for a water protection permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The meeting will be held at the Gallery, Community College Workforce