Serious concerns about the public engagement and participation process for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) were voiced by 32 conservation groups, including ABRA and many of its members, in an August 17 letter to David Paylor, Director of the Virginia
FERC staff signs-off on MVP proposal for waterbody crossings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff has given an initial o.k. to the proposal for the Mountain Valley Pipeline to change the method of crossing waterbodies and wetlands from open-cut dry crossings (as originally approved by FERC in issuing
Complaint filed to obtain records Forest Service is withholding
A complaint was filed August 3 with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to obtain information from the U.S. Forest Service that it has withheld for over a year about the proposed Gauley Healthy Forest Restoration Project
Federal environmental assessment green-lights change in Mountain Valley Pipeline construction method
Card – Charleston gazette-Mail – 8/17/21
Fight brewing over alleged aquifer damage by Mountain Valley Pipeline
Card – Virginia Mercury – 8/12/21 Related: Virginia DEQ responds to complaints with MVP project on Bent Mountain
National Academies to study potential impacts of gold mining in Virginia
Card – Virginia Mercury – 8/10/21 Related: NAS agrees to study gold mining
Dominion should return property to owners
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 8/13/21 Related: Nelson County Activists Say Atlantic Coast Pipeline Should Rescind “Zombie Easements”
A close look at what’s next now that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been canceled
Card – NC Policy Watch – 8/9/21
The South’s Clean Energy Disruption
Card – Natural Resources Defense Council – 8/17/21
Court Blocks a Vast Alaskan Drilling Project, Citing Climate Dangers
Card – The New York Times – 8/18/21/em>