An appeal by Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC (ACP, LLC) for a rehearing of the December 13. 2018 decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate the U.S. Forest Service permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was rejected on February 25.
Virginia Water Board Urged to Revoke MVP Water Certification
Attorneys representing 10 local, state and regional organizations sent a letter on February 28 to the members of the Virginia State Water Control Board, urging the Board to start promptly a process to revoke the water quality certification issued for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
New Presentation Illustrates the Environmental Folly of the ACP
ABRA’s Pipeline CSI program has developed a new slide presentation describing the unavoidable impact of the ACP on water resources and the failure of regulatory oversight. The presentation, Pending Construction of the ACP in the Virginia Mountains: Empty Assurances, compares government and company promises with the realities of environmental review and enforcement and the record of ACP construction in West Virginia.
Court rejects pipeline developers’ request to overturn AT decision
- – Southern Environmental Law Center – 2/26/19
William Limpert column: Pipelines put health and environment at risk – and we don’t need them anyway
- – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 2/27/19
Bills to Protect Landowners in Pipeline Cases Fail
- – The Roanoke Star – 2/28/19
Walmart stuck with Dominion, setting up potential fight
- – The Washington Post – 2/26/19
MVP asks state board to discontinue process aimed at stopping pipeline construction
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/28/19
Water Control Board Must Assess Impact of Variance 006 on Mountain Valley Pipeline Erosion and Sedimentation Plans
- – Blue Virginia – 2/27/19
Editorial: How quickly will water board act?
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/25/19