by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The NC Department of Environmental Quality has rejected the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s erosion and sediment control plan, dealing yet another setback to the $5.5 billion project. In a letter dated Sept. 26, the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources told the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Protesters gathered at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality office in Harrisonburg last month to speak out against the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. DAILY NEWS-RECORD VIA The Associated Press Families in Virginia should not have to worry...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Natural Gas
Buckingham County, VA – Earlier this month, activists kayaked the James River along the planned route of Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The pipeline route goes from West Virginia to North Carolina with plans to connect it to the Transco line, also in...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 8, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Federal lawyers said Friday that the government’s court-ordered environmental review of the Dakota Access pipeline will be complete by next spring, not this year, as previously expected. In a court filing, the Army Corps of Engineers said it was pushing back its...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 8, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
The Dakota Access oil pipeline faces new uncertainty after the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that a court-ordered environmental review won’t be completed this year and will extend through next spring. “The Corps’ original estimate that its...
