by Nelson Bailey | Jul 24, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Thank heaven for Alabama Power! Were it not for them, Virginia would have, in Dominion Energy, the least energy efficient utility in the whole US. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), which has long ranked states, cities and countries on their...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 24, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
In the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Tim and Chris Camman walk daily through a thick wood, shaded by a canopy of tall hemlocks, white pines and hardwoods. Dappled sunlight filters through, with only the sounds of birds and Carrs Creek as it bubbles...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 23, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Federal regulators say the proposed 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project — one that would result a 42-inch natural gas pipeline spanning Buckingham and parts of Cumberland and Prince Edward along with a 53,783-horsepower gas-fired compressor station along...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 22, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The House voted Wednesday to streamline the federal permitting process for a variety of oil and natural gas pipelines. Lawmakers voted 248-179 on the Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act, a bill by Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) to...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 22, 2017 | Press Releases
To ABRA mailing list: The Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and is available at: https://ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis/2017/07-21-17-FEIS/volume-I.pdf. There is also...