Dear CRPA Members, The US Forest Service vs Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al Supreme Court case was released yesterday, June 15. Sadly, but not unexpectedly, we lost in a 7 to 2 decision. With…continue reading Our Spring 2018 edition of The River Runs is now available online. This edition of our quarterly newsletter features a note from our President, Dick Brooks, our first Member Profile by our CRPA Executive Assistant, Lynne Griffith, highlighting Kent and Ellen Ford, some of the most faithful and longest serving members of the Cowpasture River Preservation Association. The newsletter also features details about our new affiliation with the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition and other groups to form the Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI).
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This report assesses threats and likely impacts to waterbodies in Virginia during the construction and operation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), two large natural gas pipelines that, as proposed, would cross rivers and streams over 1,000 times in Virginia. Specifically, this report focuses on erosion and sedimentation threats, as well as threats to drinking water supplies for cities like Norfolk and Roanoke, trout streams, minority communities like Emporia and Franklin, the Chesapeake Bay, and wetlands like the Great Dismal Swamp.
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The Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and member organizations (Including the Cowpasture River Preservation Association) have developed a Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI) to support citizen efforts to ensure strict application of environmental laws and regulations in the event the pipeline goes forward.
continue readingConstruction of Atlantic Coast Pipeline will destroy lands, endanger state’s waters.
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