Parkway Picnic to Protest the Pipelines
Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) mile marker 136 and the 221 Bent Mtn Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) mile marker 136 and the 221 Bent MtnThursday, August 9 at 5 PM - 8 PM, Blue Ridge Pkwy, Bent Mountain, VA 24059 Join Preserve Floyd and friends as we picnic and protest the pipelines at 5 pm on August 9 between the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) mile marker 136 and the 221 Bent Mtn entrance to the BRP. Bring your families! […]
Climate Action Team Meeting and Activist Training – Shenandoah Valley
Staunton Public Library 1 Churchville Ave, Staunton, VA, United StatesWhat: Climate Action Team Meeting and Activist Training - Shenandoah Valley When: Monday, August 13th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: Staunton Public Library (1 Churchville Ave, Staunton VA 24401) RSVP: Click here to RSVP. Invite all your friends! At this climate action meeting you will get an overview of the most dire threats that Virginia […]
Protest at Virginia Dominion Energy
Dominion Virginia Energy (Charlottesville headquarters) 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville, VA, United StatesWednesday, August 15, 2018, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Dominion Virginia Energy (Charlottesville headquarters), 1719 Hydraulic Rd., Charlottesville 22901, protest against the ACP. Bring your signs and wear your t-shirts to protest the ACP at Dominion’s Charlottesville headquarters. Sponsored by Friends of Nelson.
Our Air Our Lives
Buckingham County Administrative Building 13380 West James Anderson Hwy (Rt. 60), Buckingham, VA, United StatesAugust 16, 2018, Buckingham County Administration Building Prayer Song Circle & Virginia Water Flags baptism 5-6 pm - before the DEQ Briefing on the Draft Air Permit for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compressor Station at Union Hill 6-8 pm. Peter Francisco Auditorium, Buckingham County Administration Building, 13380 W. James Anderson Highway, Buckingham, VA. At […]
DEQ Briefing on Compressor Station Air Quality Permit
Buckingham County Administrative Building 13380 West James Anderson Hwy (Rt. 60), Buckingham, VA, United StatesThere will be a DEQ briefing on Thursday, August 16, 2018, 6-8 pm, Peter Francisco Auditorium, Buckingham County Administration Building, 13380 W. James Anderson Highway. The informational briefing will be a DEQ presentation to inform the public of the draft air quality permit review. An opportunity for questions related to the air quality permit will […]
People’s Caravan for Clean Air and Water
Bell Tower at Virginia Square 9th Street and Franklin Street, Richmond, VA, United StatesPeople's Caravan For Clean Air and Water's NO MVP NO ACP Rally At this event, we want to send a message to Governor Northam, DEQ, and the SWCB to stop construction and do a stream by stream analysis. Northam needs to call for the SWCB to pull the permits and direct DEQ to stop work […]
State Water Control Board Meeting
Pocahontas Building First Floor House Committee Room, 900 East Main Street, Richmond, VA, United StatesThe Virginia State Water Control Board’s (SWCB) next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 21, beginning at 9:30 am, at the Pocahontas Building, First Floor House Committee Room, 900 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219. The tentative meeting agenda includes the following items at the end of the meeting: VII. Mountain Valley Pipeline/Atlantic Coast […]
Circle of Protection
Union Hill Baptist Church 1496 Union Hill Road (Rt. 663), Buckingham, VA, United StatesJoin us on Sunday afternoon August 26, rain or shine, for the Circle of Protection, an interfaith prayer vigil, co-produced by Friends of Buckingham County, Virginia and Water is Life. Protect It, to protect Buckingham County (and all of us!) from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the proposed Union Hill ACP Compressor Station. The […]
Air Permit Comment Writing Party – Yogaville
Yogaville Library 108 Yogaville Way, Buckingham, VA, United StatesCome join friends and neighbors for help in writing your personalized comments to DEQ about the air permit for the proposed Buckingham compressor station. The comment period ends Tuesday, September 11, 2018, with the public hearing which will be at the Buckingham Middle School. Yogaville will host the comment parties on Wednesday August 29, 2018, […]
CSI Training – Lovingston
Nelson Center 8445 Thomas Nelson Highway, Lovingston, VA, United StatesCSI training for the general public, Thursday August 30, 2018, at the Nelson Center, 6-9 pm. As members of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Friends of Nelson and our sister groups are standing up to protect our region's rights to clean water and the rule of environmental law. State and federal regulators are unwilling or unable […]
Friends of Nelson welcomes event listings from all related groups who are working to oppose the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. To have your event listed on our calendar, please contact us at friendsofnelsonweb@gmail.com.
