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Bad News for Governor Northam- Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away!
This article discusses Bad News for Governor Northam – Pipeline Opposition Is NOT Going Away!
By saying he did not have a position on the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines over the months since his election and while a candidate, Governor Northam apparently thought that if he sat tight long […]
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Two Numbers: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would More than Double Dominion Energy Virginia’s Current Carbon Pollution
This article discusses 2 numbers and they show that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would more than double Dominion Energy Virginia’s current carbon pollution.
24 million tons per year, total current carbon emissions from Dominion’s existing Virginia based power plants in 2018
30 million tons per year, carbon pollution from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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Major permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline suspended
This article discusses why a major permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been suspended by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline hit another permitting snag Tuesday when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers suspended the 600-mile project’s authorization to cross hundreds of waterways and wetlands.
“Following requests […]
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Another DeSmogBlog Entry
This link discusses:
‘Time is Running Out,’ American Petroleum Institute Chief Said in 1965 Speech on Climate Change
In Southwest Texas, the Fracking Industry Encroaches on Small Towns, Remote Wilderness, and Clear Skies
Pick Your Poison: The Fracking Industry’s Wastewater Injection Well Problem
US Donors Gave $177k to UK […]
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Pipeline wars: Frontline in the fight against climate change
This article discusses pipelines and their role in the fight against climate change. As new pipelines expand the flow of dirty fossil fuels globally, environmental activists are joining with social justice and indigenous rights movements to cut off climate change-inducing oil and gas at the source.
When climate activists took over […]
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Virginia Governor Northam replaces Air Board members who might have voted against Dominion Energy’s pipelines
These links will take you to articles that discuss Virginia Governor Northam’s latest move to support Dominion Energy at the expense of residents:
Virginia Mercury
Free-Lance Star
Blue Virginia
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With compressor station decision pending, Northam replaces two members of state air board
This article discusses a recent move by Governor Northam. With compressor station decision pending, he replaces two members of the State Air Pollution Control Board and at least one member of the State Water Control Board more than four months after their terms ended. Seems like he wants to ensure […]
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PIPELINE VANDALS ARE REINVENTING CLIMATE ACTIVISM
This article discusses PIPELINE VANDALS ARE REINVENTING CLIMATE ACTIVISM.
IT’S PRETTY EASY to paralyze America’s oil infrastructure. All Emily Johnston and Annette Klapstein needed was a set of 3-foot-long green-and-red bolt cutters. And a willingness to go to jail for years.
On October 11, 2016, as they pulled up to an oil pipeline […]
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Keystone Pipeline Construction Halted & Trump administration may appeal
This article and this article discuss Trump’s statement that his administration will appeal ruling halting Keystone pipeline construction. This article discusses what the ruling means.
President Donald Trump called a federal court ruling halting construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline a “disgrace” and suggested that his […]
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DAPL defendant first to win on appeal
This article discusses one of the defendants in the Dakota Access Pipeline.
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to reverse the conviction of a woman found guilty of felony tampering with a public service related to a Dakota Access Pipeline protest.
Rebecca Jessee was convicted at a […]
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