Public Hearings & Rallies to Stop Toxic Coal Ash & Fracked Gas Pipelines
Tuesday, 21 November 2017 10:35
Dec. 4th Public Meeting & Rally on Coal Ash Disposal in Virginia Back in April, Governor McAuliffe put the brakes on issuing coal ash solid waste permits to Dominion for at least a year so the toxic coal ash threats posed at their facilities can be assessed…
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Waterkeepers Reject the Federal Approval of Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines
Monday, 16 October 2017 10:18
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Rubberstamps Pipelines, Ignoring Strong Evidence of Significant Harm & Lack of Need Waterkeepers Chesapeake, a coalition of nineteen independent Waterkeeper and Riverkeeper programs, condemns the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s decision to approve the Atlantic Coast (ACP) and Mountain Valley Pipelines (MVP), despite…
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FERC Must Consider ‘Indirect Effects’ of Climate Change Impacts of Pipelines says D.C. Circuit
Monday, 11 September 2017 15:10
In late August, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of a Southeastern natural gas pipeline under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Court found that FERC failed to quantify the climate impacts that would…
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