by Nelson Bailey | Dec 29, 2017 | Accidents
Sunoco has resumed construction of the Mariner East 2 natural gas pipeline in western Lebanon County following a spill of “drilling mud” that entered a wetland area. It’s the fourth unauthorized discharge of drilling mud in Lebanon County since Sunoco began...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 28, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Deborah Kushner knows firsthand how a date, person or event can serve as a defining moment, splitting life into “before” and “after.” ForKushner, a resident of eastern Nelson County andher Nelson neighbors, that milestone is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. There was...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 28, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
The threats pipelines pose are numerous and extremely serious. Pipeline incidents have res ulted in over 500 deaths, nearly 3,000 injuries, and over $8.5 billion in financial costs from 1986 to 2016. Just this month, about 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 26, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
A fiery blast ripped through a major natural gas hub in eastern Austria on Tuesday morning local time, killing at least one person, injuring many others and sending energy prices into a frenzy. The blaze at the facility in Baumgarten, which receives imported Russian...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 25, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Sempra’s natural-gas deliveries halted by indigenous group It’s deja-vu for Mexican planners beset by local opposition A chunk of Sempra Energy’s natural gas pipeline sits in the dirt behind a community center in the village of Loma de Bacum in northwest Mexico....
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 24, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. pipeline safety office is struggling to inspect natural gas storage sites and uphold other standards on the facilities, according to a report released by the General Accountability Office on Friday After a leak at...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 24, 2017 | Politics of energy
The solar, wind, battery, and electric car “miracles” have gone mainstream. The competition for the biggest clean energy story of 2017 is intense. Building and running new renewable energy is now cheaper than just running old coal and nuclear plants. The lowest price...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 24, 2017 | Politics of energy, Sustainability
LINCOLN — The future of the Keystone XL pipeline became even more muddled Tuesday with further delays expected. The Nebraska Public Service Commission unanimously rejected TransCanada’s request to amend its application for a route across Nebraska. TransCanada said it...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
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by Nelson Bailey | Dec 22, 2017 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said Thursday it would review its nearly two-decade-old policy for approving natural gas pipelines. While the commission did not commit to any particular changes, the announcement is a win for environmentalists who have...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 21, 2017 | Politics of energy
A group of landowners, conservation groups and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates brought a court challenge Monday to a state board’s finding that a natural gas pipeline would pose no danger to the streams and creeks that lie in its path. The petition for...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 20, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels
Dominion and Duke Energy got more bad news about their controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline project this month, with North Carolina regulators announcing they would not issue the necessary air quality permit for a planned compressor station in Northampton County by...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 18, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Uncategorized
by Jonathan Sokolow Every part of that headline is true – except, of course, the reference to Ralph Northam. Governor-Elect Northam’s 75-acre family farm on the Eastern Shore is far from the path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and therefore safe from Dominion’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 18, 2017 | Economic Impacts, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
To the editor: The front page of the Nov. 12 Herald-Mail reported on the rebuilding of the Conococheague Aqueduct in Williamsport, an $8.9 million project to enhance and promote tourism of the C&O Canal National Historical Park. Then, on Nov. 17 came the news...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 17, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Will Dominion be the DuPont of 2042? While I was excited to read that decades of hard fought battles are resulting in the grants that Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced for Waynesboro last week, it’s sad to think that DuPont, the very “jobs lifeline” of this area for so...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 15, 2017 | Events, Regulatory Permit Process
Whitney Whiting’s Voice: Audio report “End of the Line” on WRIR 97.3 Richmond, an ongoing podcast about the pipeline struggles in the mid Atlantic and Virginia. Excellent coverage! Inside the State Water Control Board meetings for the Mountain Valley...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Are we surprised? On Thursday, November 23rd, John Bruce reported in The Recorder, Highland County’s newspaper, that “land values near Dominion’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline have dropped substantially in anticipation of construction next year.” This was not...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
BURLESON COUNTY, Texas – A Wednesday morning pipeline explosion and fire has been contained, but residents in two counties reported seeing the glow from the fire. The fire, burning along County Road 132 around two miles north of Middle Yegua Creek, was reported around...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2017 | Conservation, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Community activists and the energy company that plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are all trying to make sense of a state board’s conditional approval of a water quality permit for the project. It requires Dominion Energy provide final, more detailed...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2017 | Fracking, Health & Safety
WASHINGTON—Fracking can affect drinking water supplies in certain circumstances, the Obama administration said in a long-awaited report issued Tuesday, leaving open the possibility of more widespread impacts that it says can’t be determined with current data. The...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2017 | Events, Politics of energy
Environmental groups called it a win. Dominion Energy — which is leading the development of the hotly contested Atlantic Coast Pipeline — called it a “very significant milestone.” The 4-3 vote Tuesday by the State Water Control Board on a crucial water quality...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2017 | Eminant Domain, For Landowners, Politics of energy
Quinn Robinson A “NO PIPELINE” button on Quinn Robinson’s jacket Kenda Hanuman Anti-pipeline sign in Buckingham County BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) -Dominion Energy is beginning the process to take land to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline through...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 12, 2017 | Press Releases
ONE PERSON HAS been killed and several others injured in an explosion in Austria, emergency services have said. The explosion took place at the country’s main gas pipeline hub at Baumgarten, east of Vienna, this morning. “An explosion occurred at 8.45 am (7.45am Irish...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
By Alfonso Lopez and Sam Rasoul Lopez and Rasoul are both Democratic members of the House of Delegates. Lopez is from Arlington. Rasoul is from Roanoke. As the State Water Control Board is scheduled to take up certification of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, it’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 8, 2017 | Press Releases
Today, Wild Virginia has joined allies in filing suit to challenge the legality of the State Water Control Board’s decision to issue a water quality certification for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The lawsuit, filed by attorneys with Appalachian Mountain Advocates in...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 8, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
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by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, already more than a year behind schedule, missed another deadline Wednesday when North Carolina regulators said they would not issue an environmental permit by Dec. 15 as had been expected. The N.C. Department of Environmental...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
EDDY COUNTY, New Mexico – A pipeline explosion south of Carlsbad prompted evacuations early Wednesday morning. (Photo: Makayla Viehweg) People are back home, but talk about a wild morning. Makayla Viehweg lives about a mile away from where the explosion...
