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Protesters wave signs opposing pipeline construction at a rally earlier this year in support of a Green New Deal for Virginia. (Photo by Ned Oliver/Virginia Mercury) By Wanda Roberts, Barb Adams, Elizabeth Kreydatus and Denise Robbins The cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was welcome news. Many of Virginia’s citizens, nonprofit groups, and legal defenders that fought for years to keep that pipeline from being built, and we are grateful for their tireless work.
WHILE everyone is still coping with the pandemic, Virginia Natural Gas is quietly pushing through a massive new fracked-gas infrastructure project across the commonwealth. This is the project that Stephen Haner mischaracterized in this publication as “fairly minor capital enhancements” in his May 21 op-ed [“Environmentalists’ hypocritical objection to six-mile pipeline extension”].
By Elizabeth Kreydatus Last week, New York passed legislation committing the state to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 and net-zero carbon emissions throughout the economy by 2050. This progressive environmental policy stands in stark contrast to the shenanigans of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Last Friday, our Air Pollution Control Board granted a new permit for the largest natural gas power plant in Virginia, and one of the largest in the United States.
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