The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a motion in federal court to invalidate its earlier approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Under section 401 of the Clean Water Act, individual states must certify that interstate gas
Faith Leaders, Pipeline Activists Demonstrate at Virginia DEQ Offices
Hundreds of demonstrators showed up September 13 at the various offices of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to express concerns about the how the agency is conducting its water quality certification review of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain
Dominion and Duke Project Slower Electricity Demand
“For both Dominion and Duke, actual electricity consumption has been essentially flat for the past few years, leading the utilities recently to be less optimistic about growth,” states a September 8 report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial
New Analyses Challenge the Economics of the ACP
A new study, released this week, by the Rachel Carson Council calls the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline “unnecessary, unsafe and unjust.” Blast Zone, explores the economic and political forces driving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The study examines the “bridge
DOE Fuel Use Projections for Electricity: Renewables Up; Natural Gas Down
The new Short-Term Energy Outlook from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), released September 12, projects the generation of electricity from renewables to increase significantly between 2016 and 2018, while the share of natural gas as a generating fuel will
Next FERC Meeting Does Not Include MVP on Agenda
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will next convene on Wednesday, September 20. The published agenda for the meeting, which will be the first with a quorum of commissioners since February, does not include consideration of issuing a certification for
Burgeoning legal movement pits landowners against pipelines
Card – E&E News – 9/13/17
Alliance protests urgent pipeline request
Card – The Recorder – 9/14/17
Police cite 19 at pipeline protest in downtown Richmond
Card – CBS 6 News – 9/14/17
Hundreds of Faith Leaders Across Virginia Protest Gas Pipelines and Pray for Gov. McAuliffe
Card – Blue Virginia – 9/13/17