A packed room at the Bolar Ruritan Building in Highland County, VA heard an in-depth briefing February 1 on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The meeting was co-sponsored by Voices From Bath and Highlanders
FERC Raises New Questions With MVP, Delaying a Final DEIS
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has posed an array of new questions about the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline that will necessitate a delay in the release of a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project. The comment period
OPINION: Pipeline ‘impact statement’ a bloated whitewash
Card – The News Virginian – 1/29/17
Environmentalists Decry Preliminary Approval of Pipeline
Card – WMRA – 1/24/17
FERC action disappointing
Card – News Leader – 1/22/17
Shifflett: Environmental review is flawed
Card – Roanoke Times – 1/15/17
Groups denounce agency’s draft statement on proposed pipeline
Card – The Recorder – 1/12/17
Editorial: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline gets a green light, and red herrings
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 1/7/16
DEIS for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Sorry, Shallow and Incomplete
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), released December 30 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), unfortunately exceeded –negatively – the already low expectations most people had for it. The 3-volume, 2,375-page document was
Long-awaited draft environmental statement on Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline released
Card Richmond Times-Dispatch – 12/30/16