Seven years ago, this past week, landowners and local officials began receiving communications from Dominion Energy announcing its intention to build a natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina. Initially called the Southeast Reliability Project, the project was
FERC to prepare SEIS for ACP and SHP restoration plans
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced it will prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) on the restoration plans that have been proposed for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the associated Supply Header Project (SHP). The ACP
Group say 401 certification required MVP water
Eight conservation groups have urged the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to issue a a certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s requested approval of new waterbody crossing methods for the project.
Poll: Americans support climate action, oppose fossil fuel phaseout
Americans are broadly supportive of a range of policy approaches that would help address climate change, including greater reliance on renewables, but there is limited support for phasing out the use of fossil fuels altogether, according to a new public
Five new mini-docs on eminent domain and pipelines are released
The Property Rights and Pipeline Center, a national coalition of which ABRA is a member, this week released five new mini-documentary films about the unjust manner in which the power of eminent domain is granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Book recommendation: Finding the Mother Tree
“As gripping as any HBO drama series,” states the Observer newspaper about the new book by British Columbia forest ecologist Suzanne Simard. The book, published earlier this month, has received rave reviews from the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, New York
Conservation groups urge VA DEQ to adopt turbidity standards
Twenty-four conservation groups have urged the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to develop standards that “effectively control turbidity and solids to protect our streams.” The groups’ May 12 letter points out that the State Water Control Board unanimously approved two-years
Danger continues for the endangered Candy Darter
The Candy Darter, a small fish found in mountain streams in Virginia and West Virginia, was added in 2018 to the list of endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and its critical habitat area was officially
FERC asks VA DEQ for opinion on proposed MVP water crossings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has asked the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) whether the proposed water crossings for the Mountain Valley Pipeline would require certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). FERC’s May 13
ACP restoration: what happens next and by when?
Since the April 16 deadline for filing public comments with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the proposed route restoration for the cancelled Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the related Supply Header Project (SHP), ABRA has been in touch