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Healthy Living and Family Legacy Under Threat in Union Hill

July 3, 2019

Richard Walker's ancestral homestead is the historically black community of Union Hill, VA, where his family still lives. But Union Hill's "healthy living" is being threatened by a compressor station that burns natural gas 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Time for Dominion to Cut Its Losses on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

February 12, 2019

CBF Statement on Air Board Approval of Buckingham Compressor Station Permit

January 8, 2019

(RICHMOND, VA)—Today the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board approved a permit for the Buckingham natural gas compressor station linked to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

CBF Statement on Buckingham Compressor Station Permit

December 19, 2018

(RICHMOND)—Today the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board postponed a decision on the permit for the Buckingham natural gas compressor station linked to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, in order to take in additional public comment.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Suspends Atlantic Coast Pipeline Construction

November 26, 2018

(RICHMOND, VA)—Yesterday, the Wilmington, North Carolina, district of the Army Corps of Engineers suspended its issuance of a nationwide general permit to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline for construction.

CBF Statement on Buckingham Compressor Station Permit

November 9, 2018

(RICHMOND, VA)—Today the Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board postponed until December a vote on a permit for the Buckingham natural gas compressor station linked to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

CBF Statement on DEQ Approval of Atlantic Coast Pipeline Plans

October 22, 2018

(RICHMOND, VA)—The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality recently approved the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s plans for erosion and sediment control, stormwater, and karst protection.

CBF Statement on Atlantic Coast Pipeline Oral Arguments

September 28, 2018

(RICHMOND, VA)—Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond heard oral arguments in a challenge to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline's water quality certification by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other conservation organizations.

CBF Opposes Pipeline’s Buckingham Compressor Station Permit

September 26, 2018

(RICHMOND, VA)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation has submitted comments to the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board opposing the draft permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s proposed natural gas compressor station in Buckingham County, Virginia.

Shenandoah Valley Clean Water Stewardship Course Offered

August 29, 2018

(VERONA, VA)—Registration is now open for a Shenandoah Valley clean water stewardship course offered by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.