
Morgan Griffith hydropower bill passes House
The House of Representatives passed a bill that includes legislation from Ninth District Congressman Morgan Griffith, the Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act, on Thursday.

The House of Representatives passed a bill that includes legislation from Ninth District Congressman Morgan Griffith, the Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act, on Thursday.

At last night’s Virginia Air Pollution Control Board public hearing, more than 150 people attended and over 60 Virginians spoke out against the proposed Buckingham Compressor Station, which would pump fracked gas through Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

UVA football coach Bronco Mendenhall talks with reporters at his weekly press conference.

The No. 6 UVA women’s soccer team (5-0-0) remained undefeated on the season as five different players notched goals on the way to a 5-1 victory over Hofstra (3-2) at Klöckner Stadium on Sunday (Sept. 2).

Recently, I’ve participated in the announcement of five projects that will repurpose old coal mine lands for a variety of uses, from economic development to recreation.

The Sierra Club Virginia Chapter published its annual Virginia General Assembly Climate & Energy Scorecard.

In light of recent setbacks for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light released a report today entitled Our Air, Our Lives: Religious Fact-Finding Delegation to Buckingham County.

The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates on behalf of a group of 13 conservation organizations filed suit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Today, 54 Virginia organizations and businesses sent a letter to Gov. Ralph Northam asking him to visit the land and communities at risk from the Atlantic Coast Pipeline for fracked gas, and to oppose the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered construction halted on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline following a ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals throwing out developers’ National Park Service permit.
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