Concerned community members in partnership with ACT Against Coal Ash, Chapel Hill Organization for Clean Energy (CHOCE), Friends of Bolin Creek, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) and Climate Action NC called a public information meeting to address the coal ash hazards in Chapel Hill on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (Forum video courtesy of Friends of Bolin Creek) |
Aug. 03, 2022: The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League has released a report which shows that hazardous air quality during the Weaver Fertilizer Plant fire was downplayed. The report Winston-Salem Weaver Fertilizer Plant Fire - Analysis of Publicly Disseminated Air Quality Information During Facility Fire Incident highlights instances when local officials told the public that the air quality was okay and pollutants were just "irritants" when, in fact, levels of Particulate Matter 2.5 were in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's hazardous and very unhealthy categories. |
Jul. 26, 2022: In our comments submitted to FERC, BREDL: (1) Requests that FERC deny request from Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP, LLC)
for an extension of time until October 13, 2026 to complete construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP)
(2) In the event that MVP, LLC is granted an extension of time to complete construction of the MVP, BREDL requests that |
Jun. 21, 2022: FERC's claim that Green Hollow Drive (incorrectly called "Green Hollow Road" in the Order) is not a contributing resource in the Bent Mountain Orchard Rural Historic District contradicts the findings of The Evaluation Committee of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources |
BREDL chapter Coalition for a Clean Dan River Region held its first June Jamboree at Evangel Church in Ringgold, VA on June 4, 2022. This free family event included free food, games and fellowship along with educational handouts on the health and environmental impacts from the First Piedmont landfill. |
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League staff and chapter members talk about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline fight. The Dominion Energy and Duke Energy ACP was approved in 2014. Had it been constructed, it would have traversed 550 miles from West Virginia through Virginia to North Carolina. The pipeline companies cancelled the project on July 5, 2020. |
This forum was held on Feb. 27, 2021.
Rev. Charles Utley, Forum Moderator |
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Coalition for a Clean Dan River Region (Pittsylvania Co., VA) - September 2021 |
Coal Ash Disposition
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RESOURCES |
Reports
Report on Air and Noise Pollution Reveals Fatal Flaws in Permit
for Proposed Buckingham Compressor Station |
Fact Sheets
Aug. 26, 2019: BREDL Fact Sheet on Versatile Test Reactors.
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Educational Tools
Salisbury Health Study |