by Nelson Bailey | Oct 2, 2016 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Eighty-three-year-old Hazel Palmer could become the Suzette Kelo of Virginia — the face of a property-rights revolution. She has a piece of land in Augusta County along the proposed route of the 600-mile, $5 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline. It has been in her...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 2, 2016 | Accidents, Environmental Justice, Health & Safety, Pipelines
On a routine check of a surface coal mining facility in rural Alabama early this month, inspector Randall Aldridge first smelled gasoline. Then he saw dead plants and animals along a man-made pond that helps the region manage heavy rain. The cause had nothing to do...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 1, 2016 | Climate Change, Politics of energy
An environmental group has sued oil giant ExxonMobil Corp., alleging the company is improperly polluting a Massachusetts river and putting it at further risk by not preparing for climate change. The lawsuit, from the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), says an Exxon...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 1, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events
Nearly 30 people blasted and condemned a proposed 53,515 horsepower (hp) compressor station during a public hearing before the Buckingham County Planning Commission Monday night. The speakers came after the commission agreed that it would receive public comment...
