YOUR TURN
The ACP: too costly, dangerous and unnecessary
Dominion Energy, the main Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) partner, continues to claim unrealistic benefits for the public from the ACP. Dominion claims the pipeline fulfills ...
Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Author at Farmville
Columns
The ACP: Unneeded, dangerous and costly
Four years of research on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) reveals the following: 1) The pipeline is not needed. We are in the midst ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:27 pm
Columns
Abbate: Who pays for the tap?
As a Buckingham County resident and property owner, I support the Kyanite mine in its seeking a less costly supply of fuel for its industrial ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, September 14, 2017 2:03 pm
Columns
‘Pipeline is not needed anymore’
I agree with Scott Bazzarre’s key point in his article, “‘Past time’ for the pipeline,” published May 18, but for very different reasons. It is clearly ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:04 am
Letters to the Editor
Project is ‘incomplete,’ ‘unjustified’
Evidently Dominion spokesman Aaron Ruby must have fallen asleep during the testimony of the residents of Union Hill and the members of the Union Hill ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 10:49 am
Columns
Demand doesn’t drive need for tap
In the Jan. 5 edition of The Farmville Herald, as reported in “Demand drives access to gas,” it appears that Dominion is claiming that the ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:21 pm
Columns
Pipeline document ‘violates the public’s trust’
As an Atlantic Coast Pipeline project opponent, I must point out some critically shoddy work in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Atlantic Coast Pipeline ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Tuesday, January 17, 2017 4:08 pm
Columns
ACP, station not needed or wanted
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Buckingham County compressor station are not needed and not wanted by the communities they threaten and the Virginia ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, December 8, 2016 12:38 pm
Columns
Pipeline is ‘a dangerous, bad deal for many’
As a Buckingham County property owner for more than 30 years, who lives and works within .5 mile of the planned ACP pipeline and within ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:09 pm
Columns
The pipeline’s impact
I think that it is fine that you enjoy living on or near a pipeline (“In support of the pipeline,” Wednesday, May 18). Not all ...
by Joseph Jeeva Abbate, Thursday, May 26, 2016 2:13 pm
Columns
Say No To Pipeline And ‘Improper’ Eminent Domain
Are the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia and our local, state and federal legislators getting all the facts regarding Dominion’s claims for their proposed ...