Are Temporary Jobs an Adequate Justification for MVP or ACP?

December 11, 2017

Expensive Pipelines Not Needed for Natural Gas Service in Virginia or North Carolina From an Essay by Thomas Hadwin, Friends of the Central Shenandoah, December 8, 2017 For large construction jobs these days, often the supervisors and highly skilled positions are union members because of their skill and experience. The far more numerous lower skilled [...]

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Legal Challenge Filed on 401 Certification for MVP in Virginia

December 10, 2017

Wild Virginia Sues Virginia State Water Control Board Over Approval of MVP Permit Press Release from David Sligh, Wild Virginia, December 8, 2017 Today, Wild Virginia has joined allies in filing suit to challenge the legality of the State Water Control Board’s decision to issue a water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The [...]

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ACP Falls Behind Schedule in North Carolina for Both Water & Air Quality Permits

December 9, 2017

North Carolina Pipeline Blows Another Deadline From an Article by John Murawski, News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), December 7, 2017 RALEIGH, N.C. — The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, already more than a year behind schedule, missed another deadline Wednesday when North Carolina regulators said they would not issue an environmental permit by December 15th as [...]

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VA Water Control Board Approves the MVP Voting 5 – 2

December 8, 2017

Virginia Water Control Board ignores citizen concerns, expert comments and approves controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline CONTACTS: Cat McCue, Appalachian Voices, cat@appvoices.org, and Roberta Bondurant, Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights, bondurantlaw@aol.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 7, 2017 Today the Virginia Water Control Board approved the permit for the proposed fracked-gas Mountain Valley Pipeline that would [...]

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Pipelines Here, Pipelines There, Pipelines Everywhere!

December 7, 2017

Public Hearings on MXP and ACP Pipeline Stormwater Permits From Autumn Crowe, West Virginia Rivers Coalition, December 4, 2017 This month WVDEP is holding public hearings on two major natural gas pipelines, the Mountain XPress Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Each public hearing focuses on stormwater and sediment control permits, which regulate runoff from [...]

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Clean Power Plan Hearings: Environment, jobs not an either-or question for West Virginia

December 6, 2017

Sierra Club Holds Clean Power Plan Hearing: WeAreWVProud From an Article by Jessica Schueler, WVNS-TV News 59, November 29, 2017 CHARLESTON, WV — While the U.S. EPA hosted a public hearing in the Capitol Complex, the Sierra Club was also holding a hearing to discuss the potential repeal of the Clean Power Plan. The environmental [...]

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VA State Water Control Board has Strong Ties to Dominion Energy

December 5, 2017

Can the Virginia State Water Control Board Really Be Trusted? From an Article by Stacy Lovelace, Blue Virginia, November 29,  2017 While the hotly contested Atlantic Coast (ACP) and Mountain Valley (MVP) pipelines have put a considerable amount of focus on Dominion Energy, primary stakeholder in the ACP, the Virginia State Water Control Board (SWCB) [...]

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Churches Protest Mariner East 2 Pipeline in Southeast Pennsylvania

December 4, 2017

Demonstrators march in prayer walk to protest Mariner East 2 pipeline From an Article by Bill Rettew Jr., Daily Local News, West Chester, PA, December 2, 2017 WEST GOSHEN, PA — Three dozen peaceful protesters marched Saturday for a half-mile along the Sunoco Mariner East 2 pipeline right-of-way. Many of the participants in the pipeline [...]

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Well Pads are Dangerous: Vents, Leaks, Fires, and Pollution

December 3, 2017

Well pad fire in Somerset County PA prompts evacuation of nearby residents From an Article by Reid Frazier, NPR StateImpact PA, December 1, 2017 Some Somerset County residents were evacuated Thursday morning after firefighters responded to a fire on a natural gas well pad. There were no injuries. Flames and odors of gas were first [...]

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Natural Gas Liquids from WV on a Slow Boat to China

December 2, 2017

Trump’s Latest Deal? Selling Out West Virginia to China From an Article by Troy N. Miller, Truthout*  Op-Ed, November 28, 2017 The Trump administration wants to allow China to invest more than $80 billion in West Virginia’s gas fields. Whether it grows West Virginia’s economy or not, investors will expect returns. One full year after getting [...]

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