Comments on: Environmental Justice Issues at FERC with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2019/04/21/environmental-justice-issues-at-ferc-with-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline-acp/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: NRDC Press Release https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2019/04/21/environmental-justice-issues-at-ferc-with-the-atlantic-coast-pipeline-acp/#comment-232955 NRDC Press Release Sun, 21 Apr 2019 17:26:11 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=27816#comment-232955 <strong>Northam Misses Environmental Equity Opportunity</strong> Press Release, NRDC, March 27, 2019 WASHINGTON – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam outlined his environmental priorities for the state against the backdrop of his recent personal focus on racial equity. The following is a statement from Dawone Robinson, regional coordinator for energy affordability at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): “It’s encouraging that Gov. Northam recognizes that protection for poor and vulnerable communities deserves more attention, but the governor ignored the most important environmental justice issue in the state. If he is serious about racial equity, Northam should end his support for the harmful compressor project in Union Hill.” Robinson will deliver an address tomorrow on the issue of environmental and racial equity at the same Environment Virginia Symposium that Northam addressed today. For more on the compressor project, please see this blog by Montina Cole, senior attorney with the Sustainable FERC Project, housed within NRDC. # # # The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world's natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Bozeman, MT, and Beijing. Visit us at www.nrdc.org and follow us on Twitter @NRDC.​ SOURCE: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2019/190327-2 Northam Misses Environmental Equity Opportunity

Press Release, NRDC, March 27, 2019

WASHINGTON – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam outlined his environmental priorities for the state against the backdrop of his recent personal focus on racial equity.

The following is a statement from Dawone Robinson, regional coordinator for energy affordability at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):

“It’s encouraging that Gov. Northam recognizes that protection for poor and vulnerable communities deserves more attention, but the governor ignored the most important environmental justice issue in the state. If he is serious about racial equity, Northam should end his support for the harmful compressor project in Union Hill.”

Robinson will deliver an address tomorrow on the issue of environmental and racial equity at the same Environment Virginia Symposium that Northam addressed today.

For more on the compressor project, please see this blog by Montina Cole, senior attorney with the Sustainable FERC Project, housed within NRDC.

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The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Since 1970, our lawyers, scientists, and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world’s natural resources, public health, and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Bozeman, MT, and Beijing. Visit us at http://www.nrdc.org and follow us on Twitter @NRDC.​

SOURCE: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2019/190327-2

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