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 be a 75-mile natural gas transmission pipeline from Pittsylvania County,
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 others in coming weeks.
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
- – The Recorder – 2/20/20
Ten Things to Know About the Clean Economy Act
- – Virginia Mercury – 2/20/20
Dominion Energy net-zero goal undercut by pipeline expansion, “renewable natural gas” offset scheme
- – Energy & Policy Institute – 2/13/20
Dominion Energy: Renewable Energy Leader
- – Forbes – 2/18/20
Mountain Valley Pipeline extension clears environmental review by FERC
- – The Roanoke Times – 2/14/20
Virginia Needs a Deep(er) State
- – Blue Virginia – 2/18/20
Cheap Gas Imperils Climate Fight by Undercutting Wind and Solar
- – Bloomberg – 2/14/20