The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline should be “rescinded and revised, and that the current public comment period be extended or suspended,” so stated a motion filed March 8 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by Friends of Nelson and Wild Virginia,
Mountaintop Removal Will Be a Significant Consequence of the ACP
The focus on environmental consequences of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline(ACP) has largely centered upon impacts on water resources and plant and animal species. Recent work done by the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition (DPMC) has broadened that concern to an examination of the effect the ACP would have on the many mountain ridges that the project would cross.
Four Weeks Remain to Comment on the ACP DEIS
The April 6 deadline for commenting on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) is only 4 weeks away. The public comment sessions held over the past few weeks by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission drew hundreds of people,
Anti-pipeline groups take legal stand with FERC motion
- – News Leader – 3/9/17
Mountaintop removal worries neighborhood
- – The Recorder – 3/9/17
Activists say pipeline environmental assessment ‘appallingly incomplete’
- – Southeast Energy News – 3/7/17
Boyette calls for ‘transparency and truth’ on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – The Wilson Times – 3/8/17
Adventures Afield: Augusta County leads local charge against fracking
- – The Rural Virginian – 3/8/17
Protest, Support, Controversy Surround Atlantic Coast Pipeline
- – Public Radio East – 3/3/17
Citizens point out inconsistencies in Mount Valley Pipeline data
- – The Register-Herald – 3/8/17