The Southgate Project, a proposed extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) into North Carolina, has received a favorable environmental review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The project, initiated in a filing with FERC in May 2018, would
Virginia DEQ Launches Environmental Justice Study
An effort to develoop recommendations for incorporation environmental justice principles into the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) programs and actions, announced last September by the agency, will soon begin interviewing environmental justice stakeholders, non-government organizations, local govrnment offiicials and
Federal Court Rebuffs FWS Over Classification of Northern Long-Eared Bat
The 2015 listing of the northern long-eared bat as “threatened” rather than “endangered” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has been rejected by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The January 28 decision by the Court,
Argument preview: Supreme Court pipeline case nears
Card – The Recorder – 2/20/20 Related: Argument preview: Justices to consider whether the Appalachian Trail blocks proposed natural gas pipeline
Ten Things to Know About the Clean Economy Act
Card – Virginia Mercury – 2/20/20
Dominion Energy net-zero goal undercut by pipeline expansion, “renewable natural gas” offset scheme
Card – Energy & Policy Institute – 2/13/20
Dominion Energy: Renewable Energy Leader
Card – Forbes – 2/18/20
Mountain Valley Pipeline extension clears environmental review by FERC
Card – The Roanoke Times – 2/14/20 Related: FERC staff sees limited impacts from MVP Southgate pipeline expansion
Virginia Needs a Deep(er) State
Card – Blue Virginia – 2/18/20
Cheap Gas Imperils Climate Fight by Undercutting Wind and Solar
Card – Bloomberg – 2/14/20