Three bills designed to tighten up state regulation of pipelines cleared the Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates on February 5. The measures now head to the House floor and they must be acted upon before February 11 to be considered in the Senate.
W.Va. committee votes for tax credit for natural gas storage hub
- – The Register-Herald – 1/28/20
Bill that would ban Dominion donations dies in Democratic-led Senate committee
- – Virginia Mercury – 1/21/20
Top Democrat Energy Staffer Joins Duke Energy as VP
The Democrat Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sarah Venuto, has been named Vice President of Public Policy for Duke Energy. She began her duties on January 13.
Ms. Venuto was appointed to the minority staff director position of the Senate Energy Committee in January 2019 after serving for 4 years on the staff of Sen.
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Brief Supporting Environmental Justice for Historic African-American Community in Virginia
- – Blue Virginia – 6/10/19
Reps Overseeing Pipeline Safety are Profiting From Pipeline Companies
- – Sludge – 5/1/19
Climate change group scrapped by Trump reassembles to issue warning
- – The Guardian – 4/4/19
Gas cost bill passes House, but dies in committee
- – The Recorder – 2/14/19
In wake of compressor station vote, Northam’s order reconstitutes environmental justice advisory council
- – Virginia Mercury – 1/23/19
Manchin’s focus on pipelines may equal his love of coal
- – E&E News – 1/18/19