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SCC Deals Blow to Proposed Virginia Natural Gas Expansion

June 30, 2020

In a blow to a proposed Virginia Natural Gas pipeline and infrastructure expansion, the State Corporation Commission on Friday withheld a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the proposal until further conditions are met.

CBF Issues a Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Concerning the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

June 15, 2020

Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision in favor of the developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, in a dispute over the project's planned crossing beneath the Appalachian Trail.

Environmental Justice Court Win Comes at Pivotal Time in Virginia

January 15, 2020

A major court win last week for the people of Union Hill could help move the needle in the right direction for Virginia to meaningfully apply environmental justice.

Court Vacates Atlantic Coast Pipeline Compressor Station Permit

January 7, 2020

Finds Virginia air board violated environmental justice principles.

Defending Clean Air and Water for Union Hill

November 6, 2019

Last week, CBF challenged a key permit for a proposed natural gas-burning compressor station in court, defending the right of people in the historic African-American community of Union Hill to continue to breathe clean air.

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.