WE WON! Those two words best summarize the 2020 accomplishments of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance. Our coalition’s 6+ year effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was an achievement for which the dozens of member organizations and thousands of volunteers
Two-year-long tree protest against Mountain Valley Pipeline to continue
Card – The Roanoke Times – 9/15/20
Federal agency’s lack of response to coating concerns unacceptable
Card – The Recorder – 6/25/20
Six Years and Counting . . .
It was six-years ago this week that Dominion Energy began contacting local officials in Virginia and West Virginia to advise them of the company’s plans to build a natural gas pipeline through their communities. Initially called the Southeast Reliability Project,
Through Snow and Rain, Tree Sitters Continue to Fight a Gas Pipeline
Card – The American Prospect – 12/23/19
After a year in the trees, opponents continue to block work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Card – Richmond Times-Dispatch – 9/7/19
The Sixth Year of the Fight Begins
It was 5 years ago this week – Tuesday, September 2, 2014 – that Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and Dominion Energy CEO Tom Farrell appeared at a press conference in Richmond to announce the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project, a
FERC puts Constitution Pipeline back on track, finding New York waived water authority
Card – S&P Global – 8/29/19
Editorial: Should pipeline tree-sitters get 20 years in prison?
Card – The Roanoke Times – 6/11/19
Proposed pipeline project hits 5-year mark
Card – The Recorder – 5/23/19 Related: Proposed pipeline: Series of events continues