The Virginia Outdoors Foundation (VOF) Board of Trustees voted February 9 to defer until a later date a decision on the request from Dominion Transmission, Inc. for permission to allow the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross 10 properties with conservation easements held by the VOF.
Gubernatorial Candidate Perriello Announces Opposition to ACP & MVP
Tom Perriello, a Democrat candidate for Governor of Virginia, announced this week his opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Mountain Valley Pipeline. In a video posted on his Facebook page, Perriello said:
“Virginia deserves better than two pipelines we don’t need,
Dominion’s Plans to Use HDD Challenged in Comments to FERC
The risk of failure for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) to safely cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (ANST) and the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) is “substantial,” according to comments filed February 7 by the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC).
Decision on easement conversion for pipeline tabled
- – The Recorder – 2/9/17
Pipeline opponents urged to fight on
- – The Recorder – 2/9/17
Perriello comes out against pipeline, and in a shift, says he is skeptical of offshore drilling
- – The Washington Post – 2/8/17
Atlantic Coast Pipeline granted access to survey 29 Nelson properties
- – The News Advance – 2/6/17
Session so far a ‘mixed bag’ on renewable energy
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/4/17
Justice says he’s going to make DEP stop saying ‘no’ to industry
- – Charleston Gazette-Mail – 2/8/17
Dominion Power Defends its Billion-Dollar Handout from Ratepayers, Squashes Dissent, Asks for More
- – The Energy Collective – 2/8/17