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Virginia Veterans Speak Out Against Fracked-Gas Pipelines

By Chesapeake Climate Action Network / May 25, 2017

Military veterans from across Virginia released a letter Thursday opposing two proposed fracked-gas pipelines: Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline and EQT’s Mountain Valley Pipeline. These pipelines would cross through pristine areas of Virginia, taking private property by use of eminent domain, removing mountain ridgetops and threatening valuable drinking water resources. The veterans view this as […]

6 Banks Behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline

By EcoWatch / May 19, 2017

Virginia Governor Shows Trump What Climate Leadership Looks Like With His Own Executive Order

By EcoWatch / May 17, 2017

Virginia House Votes to Keep Fracking Chemical Cocktails a Secret

By EcoWatch / January 31, 2017

DuPont to Pay $50 Million for Mercury Pollution, Largest Settlement in Virginia History

By EcoWatch / December 16, 2016

Thousands of Crude Oil Gallons Spill Into James River as Train Derails in Virginia

By EcoWatch / May 1, 2014

Thick smoke covered a Virginia town Wednesday after a CSX train derailed and thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled into the James River. The City Of Lynchburg said that the train was carrying crude oil and three or four of its 13 cars were destroyed. [blackoutgallery id=”332782″] “There is some spillage in the river of crude oil,” Lynchburg city […]