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What kind of grid does Dominion want to build for us?
This article, by Ivy Main of the Sierra Club, discusses Dominion Energy’s plans for modernizing the electric grid.
Dominion Energy Virginia, the state’s largest utility, has just filed a plan with the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to spend almost $1 billion of its customers’ money for the first phase of […]
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FERC orders work to stop on Mountain Valley Pipeline
This article discusses a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) halting the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).
A federal agency ordered a stop Friday to construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which has run into repeated problems with erosion since it began its path through the Roanoke […]
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Appeals court upholds Virginia’s review of water quality impact of Mountain Valley Pipeline
This demoralizing article discusses how a federal appeals court has upheld Virginia’s water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, preserving a major milestone for the controversial project.
In a decision Wednesday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by the Sierra Club and other environmental conservation groups […]
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So Much Fracking Gas! A Ballot Initiative to Protect Coloradans
This article discusses the Sierra Club ballot initiative in Colorado to not allow fracking wells closer than 2,500 feet from where people live and work.
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The Sierra Club’s Beyond Dirty Fuels campaign has a lot to say about fracking
This Sierra Club video discusses the basics of fracking.
This Sierra Club handout discusses many of the myths about fracked gas.
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Study: Fracking Chemicals Boost Fat Cells
This article discusses how fracking chemicals harm people.
In the last two decades, hydraulic fracturing or fracking has boomed, gone bust, and is in the midst of another boom, producing close to 6 million barrels of oil and gas per day in the United States. Drillers pump dozens of chemicals […]
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EPA sides with greens against largest U.S. refinery – well, not totally
This article describes how EPA is “partially siding” with environmental groups in their administrative challenge to the operating permit for the nation’s largest oil refinery. There’s not much info at the link, unless you join.
Sean Reilly, E&E News reporter, Published: Wednesday, June 6, 2018
There are […]
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This new doc shows how renewable energy recharges communities
This new doc shows how renewable energy recharges communities.
Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom, doesn’t make a moral case for renewables. It lets people across the U.S. tell their own stories of how wind and solar have […]
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Federal appeals court orders halt to work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
This article discusses the Appeals Court decision to stop the pipeline!
A federal appeals court has ordered a halt to construction of Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline, finding that restrictions against harming wildlife are inadequate for the controversial 600-mile natural gas project.
Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
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Virginia regulators reject Dominion renewable energy tariff
This article by Ivy Main of the Sierra Club describes the impact of the VA SCC rejecting Dominion Energy’s latest energy tariff.
Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) has rejected Dominion Energy Virginia’s application for approval of a new rate schedule “CRG” under which it would offer renewable energy to large users […]
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