by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality, which is using a Mechanicsville-based environmental consulting firm to review the reams of plans that lay out how a pair of massive pending pipeline projects will manage erosion, sediment and stormwater during and after...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 10, 2017 | Pipelines
I take great exception with Aaron Ruby’s comments in Gabe Cavallaro’s Aug. 2 story regarding Dominion’s treatment of property owners whose property would be taken from them by the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Mr. Ruby states that they will be treated fairly and...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
There’s something magical about standing in a place and realizing that in every direction you look, there are mountains. It’s as if you’re sitting in a natural fortress, or a protected oasis. Walking on the soil that is slated to be uprooted by the Atlantic Coast...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Politics of energy
A Stark county family says they’ve had enough of Dominion Energy. Back in February, Robert and Debbie Merchant received a letter from Dominion Energy that ordered them to remove their driveway. The driveway has been on the property for more than 50 years. Last...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 8, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
HARRISONBURG – Before heading into James Madison University’s Festival Conference & Student Center on Monday evening, opponents and supporters of the proposed 600-mile, three-state Atlantic Coast Pipeline traded shouts across the lawn. As they held colorful signs...
