The latest appointments to the state’s Council on Environmental justice include Hope Cupit, a former Air Pollution Control Board member who has consistently raised awareness on the topic, and Eureka Tyree, vice chair of the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors. Two seats on the air board, one of which was Cupit’s, have also been filled […]
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Last week, the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a petition with federal regulators that raises pollution concerns stemming from Virginia’s issuance of an air permit to an AdvanSix Resins and Chemicals manufacturing plant in the city of Hopewell. On July 19, the SELC filed the petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of […]
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An outgoing member of the State Air Pollution Control Board — whose repeated attempts to raise awareness about environmental justice concerns helped halt the construction of a Mountain Valley Pipeline compressor station in Pittsylvania County — called for her successor, who will be appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, to maintain a keen focus on how […]
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