Lynda Majors and Mark Jarrell
Eminent domain under the Natural Gas Act is now responsible for a massive transfer of private rural land to corporations with the backing of government force â all on behalf of fracked gas as a global âcommodityâ with a 16% return to investors. Public servants in all sectors must wake up and reckon with the ills and injustices of Mountain Valley Pipeline.
In the path of MVP through Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, law abiding, taxpaying rural landowners â many of them low income, elderly, veterans, people of color and of tribal nations, and the disabled â have sought regulatory, legislative and judicial relief on issues from the environment to human health and safety. Too many authorities choose to ignore the threats of a massive 42-inch gas pipeline, coated with known carcinogens, under 1400 psi of compression with a proven potential for explosions in steep, landslide-prone terrain, and a quarter-mile bl
New River Valley falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal as new variant lurks
Just 46% of New River Valley adults have been vaccinated
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New River Valley won t reach 70% by July 4
NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. – While Virginia as a whole reached President Joe Biden’s Fourth of July goal of getting 70% of American adults partially vaccinated, virtually all of the communities in our region will not reach that target.
On Monday, health officials reported that the New River Valley has just 46% of its adult population partially vaccinated.
“It doesn’t mean we are going to stop after July 4th because we didn’t make any specific target,” said New River Health District Director Dr. Noelle Bissell said.
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The future of two coal-fired power plants in West Virginia, which produce nearly two-thirds of the electricity sold by Appalachian Power Co., could soon be determined by Virginia regulators.
Appalachian is asking the State Corporation Commission to approve a rate increase to pay for environmental improvements to its Amos and Mountaineer plants, at a cost of $2.50 a month for its average residential customer.
Upgrading the plantsâ coal ash disposal methods to meet requirements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would allow them to remain in operation until 2040, the utility says.
But the Sierra Club is asking the SCC to deny the rate increase, which could force the plants to close by 2028.
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