The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Power, Environmental Justice, and Artful Resistance

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Power, Environmental Justice, and Artful Resistance

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Main Author: Petersen, Janee
Language:English
Published: Ohio University / OhioLINK 2020
Subjects:
Environmental Justice
Geography
Environmental justice
power
extractive industry
resistance
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1587729736967345
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ohiou15877297369673452021-08-03T07:14:40Z The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Power, Environmental Justice, and Artful Resistance Petersen, Janee Environmental Justice Geography Environmental justice power extractive industry resistance Recent technological advances and advantageous political circumstances have prompted a heightened wave of natural gas extraction and transportation infrastructure across the Eastern United States. In 2014, Dominion Energy announced a new energy project, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The pipeline will transport `fracked' natural gas from Ohio and Pennsylvania across Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. The ACP will pass through two national forests, private property, a popular ski resort, a yoga community, and an African American community in rural Buckingham County, Virginia, among others. Although construction of the ACP is begun, Dominion Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and other state officials face strong opposition from grassroots organizations. I explore this resistance by asking what fears and concerns opponents have about the pipeline’s construction and analyze how these fears shape the type of mobilization occurring against the project. I use an environmental justice framework with an emphasis on procedural power to analyze how corporations disrupt communities and sensitive ecological areas along ACP's path, despite strong opposition from grassroots organizations. Semi-structured interviews, participant observations, and document analysis of public documents, news sources, YouTube videos, and Facebook posts were conducted. I argue that this project ignited a wide variety of concerns among opponents ranging from environmental degradation to the unjust use of eminent domain by a private company. Perhaps most notable is the location of the Buckingham compressor station near an African American community, which constitutes a distributive environmental injustice. These concerns sparked resistance including public protests, disruptions during official meetings, and "art-activism". 2020-06-02 English text Ohio University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1587729736967345 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1587729736967345 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Geography
Environmental justice
power
extractive industry
resistance
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Geography
Environmental justice
power
extractive industry
resistance
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