Card – Virginia Mercury – 1/18/19
Virginia Air Board Member Who Approved a Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit Has Links to a Dominion Gas Partner
Card – DeSmog – 1/16/19
ABRA Board of Directors Elects Officers, New Member for 2019
Allen Johnson of the Eight-Rivers Council in Pocahontas County, WV, has been re-elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) for 2019. Other officers re-elected at the Board’s end-of-the-year meeting on December 14 were:
Northam’s struggle to explain air board move suggests it’s exactly what it appears to be
Card – Virginia Mercury – 12/5/18
As ACPAs ACP Compressor Station Vote Nears, A Political Labyrinth Emerges
The last issue of ABRA Update (November 15) reported on Virginia Governor Northam’s plans to replace two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board in advance of a crucial Board vote on a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
‘Ugly episode:’ Northam allies slam his decision to alter board before Dominion vote
Card – The Washington Post – 11/27/18/em>
The Virginia air board members Northam replaced had expired terms. So do 235 other appointees
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 11/21/18
Gov. Northam To Replace Members on the Air and Water Boards
In a stunning development late Thursday, November 15, it was reported that Virginia Governor Northam will replace two members of the Air Pollution Control Board and one member of the State Water Control Board whose terms have expired, but who
ABRA Members Sue FERC Over Original Approval of ACP
A group of 13 conservation groups – 10 of whom are ABRA members – filed suit on August 16 against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) challenging the Commission’s October 13 approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and, in
ABRA Members Contest ACP’s Claim It Can Proceed with Construction
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 22 that it should be able to proceed with the pipeline project notwithstanding a May 15 Order from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacating the