by Nelson Bailey | Jul 19, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Last week, Virginia’s Supreme Court upheld a state law that allows natural gas companies to survey private property without the owner’s permission for a proposed pipeline, but legal experts say landowners could still block construction as Sandy Hausman reports. Future...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 19, 2017 | Press Releases
Approximately twenty people arrived at the Forest Service’s Supervisor Office on Valleypointe Parkway in Roanoke Monday morning to demand a meeting with the supervisor of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, Joby Timm. The group of residents and...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 17, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
Federal court orders removal of natural gas pipeline in Oklahoma for trespassing on original Kiowa Indian lands The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has ordered a natural gas pipeline operator to cease operations and remove the pipeline located...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 17, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
LOS ANGELES (CN) – After a massive methane gas leak at SoCalGas’s Aliso Canyon underground gas storage facility displaced thousands of families and took more than 100 days to plug, many residents in surrounding neighborhoods felt the energy company had gotten off...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 17, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Court shelves property rights in favor of Dominion land grab I am disappointed, although not surprised by the Virginia Supreme Court rulings regarding surveying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Our personal freedoms and private property rights have been...
