Month: August 2017
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Exit Heritage Realty – Haymarket Homeowner: Dominion Virginia Power Line Project
August 4, 2017 If you haven’t been following the news on the proposed Dominion power lines through Gainesville and Haymarket closely, here are the recent developments. The project proposes the installation of 100-foot-high towers carrying 230,0000-volt power lines from a Gainesville substation to a
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Radio IQ/WVTF: Pipeline Prospects: Can the Atlantic Coast Pipeline be stopped?
WVTF: Can the Atlantc Coast Pipeline be stopped? By Sandy Hausman • Aug 3, 2017 Related Program: Pipeline Prospects: Where does it go from here? <img src=”http://wvtf.org/sites/wvtf/files/styles/default/public/201708/picketing-1.jpg” alt=”Environmental activists protested outside of V
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Lee Carter: Corporate greed trumps human need: Dominion is at it again
By Lee Carter – August 4, 2017 It’s not often that Corey Stewart and I are on the same side of an issue, but as they say, “a stopped clock is right twice a day”. Dominion Energy is currently embroiled in controversy for a number Read More …
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Richmond Times-Dispatch: Another federal lawsuit filed over Dominion’s James River transmission line
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Another federal lawsuit filed over Dominion’s James River transmission line By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch Aug 3, 2017 Preservationists say this view of the James River near Jamestown has been largely unchanged since the 1600s. Dominion’s transmission line would go
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The Virginian-Pilot: A natural gas pipeline in Chesapeake? Neighbors and senator say not in our backyards
Virginian Pilot: Natural gas pipeline in Chesapeake By Victoria Bourne The Virginian-Pilot Aug 3, 2017 Updated Aug 4, 2017 Stephen M. Katz | The Virginian-Pilot An aerial look at the Georgetown section of Chesapeake, on Monday, July 31, 2017, where Virginia Natural Gas proposes to Read More …
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Where’s the Need? Citizen Letter
Where’s the Need? So many people want to discuss, debate, and argue about what route should be used for Dominion Energy’s Haymarket, Va. transmission line and substation project in Prince William County. This is understandable. Affected residents and businesses are trying to protect their Read M
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Daily KOS: Amazon needs land – so they’re taking it from elderly Black folk descended from freed slaves
Daily KOS: Amazon needs land taking from elderly Black folk By wagatwe Thursday Aug 03, 2017 · 1:29 PM EDT The people of the Carver Road community in Haymarket, Virginia have a strong, proud history. It’s a predominantly Black, working-class neighborhood that’s home to families Read More …
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Dominion Full Page Ad – 8/2/17
Dominion Energy placed the following full page ad in local newspapers, including the Washington Post, on 8/2/17 It says: Because of new economic development in Prince William County, Dominion Energy needs to build a new power line to serve both homes and new businesses. We Read More …
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The Derecho Blog: The more things change, the more Dominion stays the same
Derecho: The more things change, the more Dominion stays the same As I was digging through some old notes and links I happened upon a post from about ten years ago written by Citizen Tom regarding the proposed PWC portion of the Meadow Brook to Loudoun Read More …
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PWC Board passes unanimous resolution challenging NEED for Haymarket project
Our PWC Board of Supervisors passed a resolution questioning the need for the Haymarket project, at their final meeting of the summer – unanimous by voting members (Supervisor Caddigan was absent). Our Coalition of communities throughout Haymarket and Gainesville has been out front in challenging Re