ABRA Update — Buckingham Compressor Station Comment Period Extended to January 4th

December 27, 2018

Air Board Again Delays a Vote on Compressor Station for Union Hill Area From the Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), Update #210, December 21, 2018 The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board voted December 19 to delay its vote on a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s proposed compressor station in Buckingham County until after [...]

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Marcellus Shale Drilling Tests Involve WVU Near Morgantown, WV

December 26, 2018

Shale drilling tests to start in West Virginia this week From an Article by Luke Torrance, Pittsburgh Business Times, December 24, 2018 Testing is set to begin this week in West Virginia as part of an effort to advance hydraulic fracturing techniques that would allow the extraction of natural gas to be done more efficiently. [...]

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After Riding the ACP Route by Horseback, Sarah Murphy Coming Home for Christmas

December 25, 2018

Home for Christmas: Atlantic Coast Pipeline protest by horseback From an Article by Julia Fair, Staunton News Leader, Staunton, VA, December 24, 2018 Sarah Murphy hopes to be home by Christmas. Since September, the 34-year-old woman from Afton has been on a journey with her horse. She loaded Rob Roy with horse feed, camping supplies [...]

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Disaster Preparation in Ohio Valley by Office of Emergency Management

December 24, 2018

OEM Headquarters Is Prepared for Disaster, Tyler & Wetzel Counties, WV NOTE: Article by Ed Parsons, Tyler Star News, December 12, 2018 Tom Cooper, Director of the Tyler County Office of Emergency Management, occupies storage and office space in the Paden City Industrial Park through a lease agreement with the Tyler County Commmission and the [...]

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The Lessons of “It’s a Wonderful Life” Continue to Apply Today

December 23, 2018

Christopulos: It’s a wonderful life, or is it? From an Article by Diana Christopulos, Roanoke Times, December 22, 2018 (Diana Christopulos is the retired owner of an international management consulting business. She lives in Salem, Virginia) Two recent stories in the Roanoke Times started me thinking about “It’s A Wonderful Life,” the classic Christmas film [...]

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Cause(s) of House Explosion in Greene Co. PA Elusive

December 22, 2018

Site of southwestern Pennsylvania house explosion a complicated laboratory for gas analysis From an Article by Anya Litvak, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 20, 2018 Each day since a house in Clarksville exploded on Halloween, a Peoples Natural Gas worker has visited the home’s hollowed shell to monitor for signs of leaking gas. Some days it’s [...]

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ACP Pipeline Beings Lawsuit Against Decision of Nelson County VA Over Floodplain Zoning

December 21, 2018

Atlantic Coast Pipeline sues Nelson County over zoning decision From an Article by Emily Brown, Lynchburg News & Advance, December 17, 2018 The board has not yet decided who will represent the county and supervisors in the lawsuit. County Administrator Stephen Carter said such a decision could be made Tuesday, when supervisors are scheduled to [...]

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Voting on VA Buckingham Compressor Station for ACP Delayed Due to New Information

December 20, 2018

Virginia Air Board delays crucial vote again on natural gas compressor station for Atlantic Coast Pipeline From an Article by Sara McCloskey, WRIC-ABC News 8, Richmond, VA, December 19, 2018 RICHMOND, Va. — The State Air Pollution Control Board was set to vote Wednesday on the permit for an air compressor station for the Atlantic [...]

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Mountaineer XPress Pipeline Construction Resulting in Water Pollution in West Virginia

December 19, 2018

Hold the Mountaineer XPress Pipeline Accountable For Water Quality Violations From the Report by West Virginia Rivers Coalition, December 17, 2018 PHOTO: Muddy water flowing off a MXP construction site and into Neds Run in Doddridge County. The Mountaineer XPress Pipeline, under construction in the western part of the state, has a history of negligence [...]

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Virginia’s Air Pollution Board to Vote on Buckingham Compressor Station for Union Hill, VA

December 18, 2018

UPDATE FROM THE CHESAPEAKE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK, December 17, 2018 Dear Friends and Concerned Citizens: On Wednesday, the remaining members of the State Air Pollution Control Board are going to vote on the air permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) Buckingham compressor station. This project is proposed to be sited on the land of [...]

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