Richmond residents from Broad Street to North 9th were witness to a parade of costumed protesters Wednesday, warning of “a place where the air is so polluted it causes headaches, nosebleeds and illness. A place where your water is the color of toxic mud.” “On this...
NAACP Condemns Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Governor, and Secretary of Natural Resources
The Virginia State Conference NAACP took state regulators to task for their recent approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). In a press statement released Saturday, the group expressed its concerns with the state’s “refusal to protect our land, water and...
Community Leaders Ask Fairfax to Halt the Pipelines
Storm clouds gathered around St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as faith and community leaders prepared for their press conference on Tuesday following an earlier meeting with Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his staff on the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines. When the...
Government Agency Denies Seasonal Tree Cutting Extension for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
In a rare turn of events, last Wednesday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied Dominion Energy’s request to extend seasonal tree cutting along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline path (ACP), the proposed 600-mile natural gas line running from West Virginia...
Protesters Call Attention to Sexual Assault on the Pipeline Outside Governor’s Office
In a continuation of weekly protests outside Gov. Ralph Northam and the Attorneys General's offices, about 10 anti-pipeline protesters gathered Wednesday morning to voice concerns over the possible increased sexual violence toward women during the construction of the...
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