Friends of Buckingham (FoB) and Concern for the New Generation are holding a launch event at Union Hill Baptist Church for the door-to-door project to create a "community map" of the people who would be most impacted by the Buckingham ACP compressor station, if built. 2 PM: CNG will hold a community dinner fund-raiser in […]
Friends of Buckingham will sponsor a Property Rights and Environmental Issues Educational Forum on Sunday February 12, 2017, 2-4 pm, in the Buckingham Middle School cafeteria. Who and What: Appalachian Mountain Advocates (APPALMAD) attorney: land owner information VA Sierra Club Kirk Bowers: Review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) […]
Join us on Sunday February 12, 2017, at 7 p.m. at the Rockfish Valley Community Center for a community meeting. The featured guest will be Thomas Hadwin, speaking on "Challenging the Purpose and Need of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline." Thomas has worked for electric and gas utilities in Michigan and New York and has written […]
We will be installing an "Entering the Blast Zone" sign along the proposed pipeline path, and will have a rally with a few guest speakers. Please invite everyone you know so we can educate as many people about the threat of this pipeline to our community, our water, health and safety of our families, etc. […]
Join Concern for the New Generation and Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League for speaker, Lois Gibbs, grass roots organizer of Love Canal followed by lunch at Union Grove Baptist Church on Shelton's Store Road.
Dominion will hold their annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday May 10, 2017, 9:30 am, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. See below for information on protest demonstrations before and after the meeting. Only shareholders as of the March 3, 2017 record date may attend the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (2017 Annual Meeting). Parking will […]
Sponsored by the Nelson County Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club of Nelson, the annual Legislative Wrap-Up Breakfast will be held on Thursday May 11, 2017, at the Nelson Center (8445 Thomas Nelson Hwy, Lovingston). State Senator Creigh Deeds and Representatives Dickie Bell and Matt Fariss will review the 2017 General Assembly and speak […]
Virginians have an opportunity to defeat the two proposed fracked-gas pipelines- the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipelines - that would cut across our state, through 900 miles through pristine forests, farms, and wetlands and cross (and potentially contaminate) thousands of headwater streams and rivers. Inter-state pipelines require approval at both the federal and state […]
Wednesday, July 26, 7 pm at Union Hill Church, we will be discussing and organizing for the upcoming Department of Environmental Quality hearings in Farmville on August 10th.
Highlanders for Responsible Development (HRD) annual public meeting on Sunday October 1 at 2 p.m. at The Highland Center in Monterey. The meeting will feature a review of HRD’s activities in 2017, including an in-depth discussion of the status and outlook for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Participating in the ACP potion of the […]
