Recent post-ACP-cancellation news articles of interest. More detailed information on our In the News page.

• 2-26-2021 2022 Reassessment In Process.
• 2-24-2021  ‘Great Polystyrene Compromise of 2021’ sends Advanced recycling bill to governor.
• 2-19-2021 Clean cars’ bill clears major hurdle in Virginia Senate. .
• 2-12-2021 Glick unveils environmental justice, climate plans.
• 2-2-2021  Siemens Gamesa chief executive Andreas Nauen confirms Virginia in the frame for American blade factory. 

Recent post-ACP-cancellation news articles of interest. More detailed information on our In the News page.

1-28-2021 G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035.

1-22-2021 Pipeline eminent domain battle lands at Supreme Court.

1-17-2021 Biden to rescind the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office.

1-15-2021 The legislative session may be short, but the list of energy bills is long. 

1-2-2021 The Atlantic Hurricane Season Typically Brings About A Dozen Storms. This Year It Was 30.

1-1-2020 GE’s Giant Wind Turbine could stoke a Renewable Energy Arms Race. 

12-27-2020 Mountain Valley Pipeline faces political, regulatory changes in 2021.

12-17-2020 Virginia Natural Gas planning $205 million pipeline project in ‘rural crescent’  

Recent post-ACP-cancellation news articles of interest. More detailed information on our In the News page.

• 12-22-2020  Solar, Wind Tax Credit Extensions, and Clean Energy R&D Funding Have Made it Through both Houses of Congress.
• 12-18-2020  3 Mountain Valley Pipeline opponents removed from legal effort to bring tree-sitters down. 
• 12-8-2020 DEQ Continues to Fail to Protect Virginia Streams and Wetlands. 
• 12-8-2020  Regulators are Rewriting Environmental Rules to allow for Massive Pipelines. 
• 11-20-20 Climate and Capital Media. Dominion Energy’s $8 billion environmental justice blunder.
• 11-4-20 Nelson County Times. Federal agency asks for disposition plans for canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Recent post-ACP-cancellation news articles of interest.  More detailed information on our In the News page.

• 10-29-20 Virginia Mercury. Federal regulators order Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide a plan for project wind-down, restoration.
• 10-25 20 Charleston Gazette-Mail. Opponents of Mountain Valley Pipeline sense momentum as project remains stalled in legal limbo.
• 10-16-20 Roanoke Times. Federal court delays stream crossings for Mountain Valley Pipeline.
• 10-11-20 Inside Climate News. Too Much Sun Degrades Coatings That Keep Pipes From Corroding, Risking Leaks, Spills and Explosions.
• 10-9-20 Roanoke Times. Work on Mountain Valley Pipeline can resume, FERC rules.
• 10-8-20 Roanoke Times. FERC study finds no risk from protective coating of Mountain Valley Pipeline.
• 9-30-20 Nelson County Times. With ACP canceled, Nelson residents look to environmental recovery.
• 9-30-20 Blue Virginia. COVID-19 Bombshell, Part 2: Mountain Valley Pipeline Refuses to Release Its COVID-19 Preparedness Plan to Virginia Department of Health.
• 9-29-20 Blue Virginia. COVID-19 Bombshell: As Thousands of Out-of-State Mountain Valley Pipeline Workers Prepare to Descend on SW Virginia, Dept. of Health Declines to Review Company’s COVID Mitigation Plan.
• 9-28-20 Roanoke Times. Mountain Valley Pipeline foes file challenge to reissued stream-crossing permits.
• 9-25-20 Roanoke Times. Mountain Valley Pipeline regains permit to cross streams, wetlands.
• 9-23-20 Roanoke Times. Mountain Valley seeks to resume construction of pipeline.
• 9-18-20 Virginia Mercury. Air Board beefs up public notice requirements for new fossil fuel plants.
• 9-10-20 Roanoke Times. Bleicher and Rubin: Lessons for Corporate Leaders from the Death of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. 
• 9-10-20 NRDC. 5 Key Reasons to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
• 9-8-20 Virginia Mercury. Virginia’s vanishing bee: State works to save rusty patched bumble bee.
• 9-8-20 The Land I Trust. Podcast: Pastor Paul Wilson on defeating a fracked gas compressor station along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Season 4, Ep. 3.
• 9-2-20 Virginia Mercury.  Despite rosy projections, all is not well with the Mountain Valley Pipeline.  
• 9-1-20 Highlands Voice. The Conservation Hub: Strengthening Environmental Analysis and Improving Public Participation. Article by Lew Freeman and Dan Shaffer about ABRA’s new Conservation Hub project.

Recent post-cancellation news articles of interest.  More detailed information on our In the News page.

• 8-24-20 Virginia Mercury. Hurst bill aims to block pipeline worker surge in Southwest Virginia.
• 8-20 Highlands Voice. The August issue of The Highlands Voice, the monthly newsletter of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, includes two articles by Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance’s Lew Freeman (pages 1 and 5), a letter from WVHC President Larry Thomas that includes views about the ACP’s demise (page 2) and an excellent piece by John McFerrin, the publication’s editor, entitled “The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Law (page 14).
• 8-18-20 Virginia Mercury. SCC: Dominion under-earned last year, but excess profits have topped half a billion since 2017.
• 8-17-20 Pittsburgh Business Times. Pipeline construction firm files lawsuit against Mountain Valley Pipeline.
• 8-13-20 Virginia Mercury. More dominoes need to fall in ACP’s wake.
• 8-11-20 NC Policy Watch. DEQ denies key permits for MVP Southgate natural gas pipeline.
• 8-10-20 Reuters. Duke takes $1.6 billion charge to exit Atlantic Coast natgas pipe.
• 8-10-20 Virginia Mercury. Despite company claims, only a fraction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is complete in Virginia.
• 8-8-20 Crozet Gazette. The History of The People vs. The Pipeline.
• 8-6-20 WFXR. 22 Virginia legislators urge Gov. Northam and health officials to suspend construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline.
• 8-6-20 Virginia Mercury. Virginia senators again push for pipeline review reforms.
• 8-4-20 Gazette-Mail. Many winners in scrapped pipeline project.
• 8-4-20 Roanoke Times. Mountain Valley, DEQ reach agreement on environmental fines.
• 8-4-20 Reuters. Equitrans confirms early 2021 startup for Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline.
• 8-3-20 Virginia Mercury. After several years of tumult, Air Board members reexamine public engagement process.
• 8-2-20 New York Times Magazine. Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back.
• 7-31-20 Dominion Energy. Dominion Energy Names New Executive Leadership Team.
• 7-31-20 Washington Post. How Virginians will move forward from the defunct Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
• 7-31-20 Reuters. Dominion takes $2.8 bln charge to exit Atlantic Coast natgas pipe.
• 7-30-20 NC Policy Watch. Along now-defunct Atlantic Coast Pipeline route, landowners are left in the lurch.
• 7-30-20 Energy News Network. No longer in Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s path, landowners consider next steps.
• 7-30-20 Virginia Mercury. Stop Mountain Valley Pipeline from polluting Southwest Virginia’s water.
• 7-29 20 C-ville. Hallelujah. What’s next?: The defeat of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is only the beginning.
• 7-29-20 Virginia Mercury. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline was canceled. What happens to all the land acquired for it?
• 7-28-20 Roanoke Times. Lovelace: Pipeline cancellation puts spotlight on Northam and Herring inaction.
• 7-28-20 Roanoke Times. Mountain Valley to receive new permit to cross Blue Ridge Parkway.
• 7-27-20 Facing South. Institute Index: The ongoing toxic threat from canceled and delayed gas pipelines.
• 7-27-20 Richmond Times-Dispatch. Trump to nominate Virginia SCC’s Mark Christie for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
• 7-24-20 Soundboard (WTJU 91.1 and Charlottesville Tomorrow.  “Environmental Racism is discussed by Chad, John and Ruby.

Here are a few news items from our In the News page covering some of the interesting post-cancellation analysis on the ACP and FERC, plus a few on the status of the MVP and one on Chickahominy.

• 7-24-20 Richmond Times-Dispatch. Defeat of Atlantic Coast Pipeline rooted in homegrown legal strategy.
• 7-23-20 HuffPost. Virginia’s Energy Kingpin Could Finally Face A Reckoning Over Race. 
• 7-23-20 E&E News. Environmental justice concerns stall Va. power project.
• 7-22-20 Anchor FM. Atlantic Ghost Pipeline: How the Union (Hill) Won the South, Part 1.
• 7-20-20 Roanoke Times. Mountain Valley, DEQ negotiate over environmental fines.
• 7-20-20 S&P Global. Friction arises at FERC over remains of ACP, SHP gas pipeline plans.
• 7-17-20 NC Warn. Toxic Legacy of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Requires State Investigation — News Release from NC WARN.
• 7-12-20 Roanoke Times. Hileman: Why has it taken so long for MVP to get a new permit?