Jess Sims

Hundreds attend DEQ hearing on proposed power plant in Chesterfield The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing to discuss the air permit Dominion is looking to obtain for its planned Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center.

Hundreds attend DEQ hearing on proposed power plant in Chesterfield richmond.com/news/local/g...

Letter: Resist new pipeline compressor station in Ellistion EQT Corp., owner of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, recently proposed the construction of a compressor station in Elliston, a community already burdened with more than their fair share of poverty

Letter: Resist new pipeline compressor station in Ellistion roanoke.com/opinion/lett...

Chesterfield residents oppose planned Dominion gas plant: 'These pollutants are dangerous' "All of these pollutants are dangerous to us," one person said. "All of these would increase cancer and asthma rates in our community and would worsen the overall health of

Chesterfield residents oppose planned Dominion gas plant: 'These pollutants are dangerous' richmond.com/news/local/g...

YouTube video by Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan McClellan Questions Effect of Reckless Workforce Cuts on Pipeline Safety Information

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July 5: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancellation Day! Join us in celebrating five years of shutting down the Atlantic Coast Pipeline! On July 5, 2020, community opposition forced Dominion Energy and Duke Energy to announce they were shutting down plans to build the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline. West Virginia, Virginia and West Virginia North Carolina residents united across state lines to put an…

5️⃣ years ago today, community opposition forced #DominionEnergy & #DukeEnergy to cancel their plans to build the #AtlanticCoastPipeline. On 7/5, we celebrate the community members, activists, & organizations that fought to defeat the 600-mile ACP! https://loom.ly/X-GXnec

July 5: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cancellation Day! Join us in celebrating five years of shutting down the Atlantic Coast Pipeline! On July 5, 2020, community opposition forced Dominion Energy and Duke Energy to announce they were shutting down plans t...

5 years ago today, community opposition forced #DominionEnergy & #DukeEnergy to cancel their plans to build the #AtlanticCoastPipeline. On July 5, we celebrate the community members, activists + orgs that fought for 6 years to defeat the 600-mile ACP! Stay organizing! (Via @appvoices.org)

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Holler from the Hollers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Congress is advancing one of the most extensive anti-environmental, anti-health bills in a generation. During our "Holler from the Hollers" call-in event, we'll help you place calls to your senators b...

Need help placing a call? We've got you covered — join our call-in action on Thursday, June 26, at 12 p.m. and we'll guide you through the process of ringing up your senators!
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The Senate will soon vote on a sweeping bill that has broad impacts shaping everything from energy development to health care to public lands.

📣 Call your senators and tell them to keep America healthy and protect future generations! appvoices.org/actions/stop...

Inspector for MVP claims he was fired for reporting safety concerns A welding inspector says he was transferred when he refused to create false inspection reports for three sections of pipeline that were corroded. Later, he said he was fired in a retaliatory action fo...

News of the lawsuit “underscores the concerns raised by community members along the pipeline route that there was no safe way to construct the ruinous #MountainValleyPipeline,” said Jessica Sims of appvoices.org

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Transco plans another natural gas pipeline project for Virginia The pipeline would run north from a Chatham compressor station to "serve the power-hungry Virginia market," the developer says.

Transco plans another natural gas pipeline project for Virginia cardinalnews.org/2025/05/13/a...

MVP developer submits Joint Permit Application for Southgate pipeline The Virginia Marine Resources Commission posted Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC’s Joint Permit Application for its proposed methane gas pipeline “Southgate.”

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A grassroots fight against data centers builds in rural Pittsylvania County Residents fear that the cultural fabric of their rural community would be forever changed by the arrival of massive data center projects.

A grassroots fight against data centers builds in rural Pittsylvania County cardinalnews.org/2025/04/14/a...

Stand up for coal miners by opposing cuts to NIOSH! Tell your members of Congress to speak out against DOGE cuts to NIOSH and stand up for coal miners’ health!

Elon Musk’s DOGE is gutting programs that screen coal miners for black lung. Help contact members of Congress to tell them to protect NIOSH and programs that support miners:. #BlackLungKills appvoices.org/actions/prot...

Trump administration rescinds $500,000 EPA grant to fund a community project helping 5 Southwest Virginia communities Appalachian Voices, the nonprofit that's working with the five communities, has filed an administrative appeal to contest the decision.

Trump administration rescinds $500,000 EPA grant to fund a community project helping 5 Southwest Virginia communities cardinalnews.org/2025/04/07/t...

Mountain Valley Pipeline, critics clash over Southgate extension plan Mountain Valley says Southgate is needed to deliver natural gas to North Carolina. Opponents argue that the proposal has changed from the original plan and needs a brand-new regulatory review.

Mountain Valley Pipeline, critics clash over Southgate extension plan cardinalnews.org/2025/04/02/m...

Trump ally seeks to topple pipeline safety enforcement An energy company led by GOP megadonor Kelcy Warren wants the process for penalizing violations declared “unconstitutional."

Energy Transfer leader won big over Greenpeace recently. If they win this next court fight, pipeline safety enforcement could "grind to a halt." www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Trump ally seeks to topple pipeline safety enforcement An energy company led by GOP megadonor Kelcy Warren wants the process for penalizing violations declared “unconstitutional."

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Scrutiny of EQT fracking likely to shift in 2025 EQT has complaints against it in West Virginia. It has been sued in Pennsylvania. Now, the natural gas giant is meeting a fracking-friendly Washington.

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BURIED ALIVE! In a Thanksgiving eve filing w/ @FERC, Mountain Valley Pipeline tries to bury the incredible news that the est final cost of this climate busting corporate boondoggle is close to $10 BILLION! $9,666,688,932 to be exact. The original 2014 estimate was $3.5 billion.

Catastrophic impacts from Hurricane Helene devastate Appalachia Over a period of three days, Southern and Central Appalachia experienced unprecedented rainfall from a combination of a historic rain event and Hurricane

Important information on shelters, assistance and supply/food drives and places to make monetary donations:
appvoices.org/helene-relief/