by Nelson Bailey | Jul 28, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Environmental Justice
Participants in the lawsuit hope it will protect their private property from what they describe as “a government-sanctioned land grab” for the financial gain of a private pipeline company. A Roanoke-based lawyer representing 17 plaintiffs who own 10 properties along...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 27, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
I’m glad to see that Dominion Energy is helping to sponsor native plantings along power line rights-of-way and in tiny Bluemont Park (“Encouraging Native Plants” July 5). It would be easier, however, to see Dominion’s ecological concern as sincere if the effort didn’t...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 27, 2017 | Press Releases
I am eager to respond to the article “Shipman residents with pipeline experience among ACP supporters” in the July 20 edition of the Nelson County Times. While I deeply respect the pride Pete Wood and Jason Tolbert take in the work they have done, I feel obligated to...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 26, 2017 | Press Releases
About a year ago James Golden, Director of Operations at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), indicated that applications for water quality certification of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) could be denied “in...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 25, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
Sunoco crews work in front of the valve station for the Mariner East 2 pipeline on Boot Road in West Goshen Tuesday. A judge shut down drilling operations for the project across all of Pennsylvania with a decision issued Tuesday. PETE BANNAN – DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA A...
