by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Press Releases
At Thursday’s committee hearing, when Chairwoman Senator Murkowski asked the nominees, Richard Glick and Kevin McIntyre, to stand, Andrew Hinz also stood and shouted: Have a conscience! FERC is destroying the atmosphere! In a prepared statement, Hinz wrote: “Because I...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
If the public relations industry gave achievement awards for wishful obfuscation, consideration would be due the Enbridge spinmeister who dismissed Monday’s Minnesota Department of Commerce analysis as “only one view” on permitting for the company’s Line 3 pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Massive tanks in Oklahoma brim with unrefined oil, but they weren’t designed to handle the rash of seismic activity caused by fracking-related activity. When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, U.S. oil refining plummeted to record lows. Now, nearly three weeks...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
WEST CHESTER >> State Sen. Andy Dinniman said Wednesday that he would appeal the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) denial of his Right-to-Know Request to obtain a list of private groundwater wells located near the path of Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
If Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Department of Environmental Quality continues its present course, it will likely suffer the same embarrassment. As public attention was focused on the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey and the unfolding disaster of...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 16, 2017 | Press Releases
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ7) UPDATE The Montgomery county board of supervisors sent a letter to DEQ Wednesday morning. They asked the DEQ to reverse it’s position to give a blanket permit to MVP to cross Virginia waterways. That letter can be viewed to the...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
THERE IS AMPLE cause for caution and care when it comes to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, the proposed 600-mile conduit that would bring natural gas from Harrison County, W.Va., to Virginia and North Carolina. The route floated by the partnership of energy companies...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Releases
According to expert analysis by the legal beagles at the Blank Rome law firm, a recent decision by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania disregards established precedent law and has created a new law in PA, possibly “leaving lessees [drillers] in limbo, possibly giving...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Releases
The details of this meeting are still being finalized and are subject to change through October 13, 2017. The VOF Board of Trustees will complete its review of conversion applications related to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and Mountain Valley Pipeline. This is a...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Releases
Faced with a Monday deadline and a lopsided number of public comments opposing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration has delayed until mid-December its decision on whether to permit the controversial project. Without fanfare or...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Releases
Well they did it. Yesterday at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), representatives for the five voting members voted to begin the process of formalizing a permanent ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin. It wasn’t...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 15, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Endangered Species, Regulatory Permit Process
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia environmental regulators say they are rescinding approval for building the Mountain Valley Pipeline, which would carry natural gas down the center of West Virginia for 195 miles. In a letter Thursday, the Department of...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Accidents, Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels
Enbridge’s Line 3 in Minnesota just took a serious hit. Enbridge’s proposed Line 3 project — an effort to replace and expand an oil sands pipeline through Minnesota — hit a roadblock Monday when the state’s Department of Commerce said that the project is...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Press Releases
Movie Showing: Democracy for Sale Announcement from Appalachian Voices: A border and barbeque aren’t the only things Virginia and North Carolina have in common. The two states also share some of the most gerrymandered voting districts in the country,...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 13, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
With no discussion, supervisors in Buckingham County unanimously adopted a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Monday that would allow the county access and control of 200 acres along a proposed lateral line off of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Last...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
Federal, state and local authorities are investigating the cause of Saturday’s natural gas pipeline explosion that killed five adults and five children and left two other people in critical condition in southeast New Mexico. The victims, members of two extended...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Firms leading the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project have asked the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — the body that could give the project the green light — to “issue an order approving the ACP certificate in September so that...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Press Releases
Turns out the rumors were true. The Delaware River Basin Commission has now been totally corrupted by Big Green groups and plans to vote tomorrow, Sept. 13, on a resolution that begins the process of implementing a permanent ban on fracking in the Delaware River...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Three activists with Beyond Extreme Energy disrupted Thursday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the nominations of the final two members to join Trump’s FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Committee). One of the arrestees was a 25-year veteran of...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Mountain Valley Pipeline suffered a setback this week when the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection announced plans to reevaluate its March decision to issue the controversial project a key water quality certification. On Thursday, Scott Mandirola,...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Developers of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline want federal regulators to approve the project this month, now that the commission in charge of the decision has enough members to vote on the project. Executives with Dominion Energy, Duke Energy and Southern Company...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Press Releases
The State Corporation Commission is reviewing Dominion’s plan for Virginia’s energy future — known as the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) — and they are seeking input from Virginians like you, until September 18th. If Dominion has its way, we’ll...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
“Every societal or cultural issue influences human dynamics — psychology — and vice versa. The proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) crisis is no exception, but the psychological impact of the MVP has not been given much attention. Yes, it is a crisis and it’s...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Press Releases
At a hearing on September 11, 2017, Franklin County Circuit Court Judge William Alexander granted the injunction sought by Mountain Valley to prohibit interference with their surveying of Four Corners Farm in Franklin County. The family that owns and operates the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Sep 11, 2017 | Events, Politics of energy
Buckingham: We the People We are committed to preserving a sustainable environment through defending our right to clean air, water, and land. We recognize our dependence on nature and respect our need to live in harmony with the natural world. “If you take no other...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 8, 2017 | Press Releases
Lewis Freeman Attached is a statement released today to the media by the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance taking strong exception to the letter sent on September 7 by the partner companies of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 7, 2017 | Press Releases
Since ABRA Update was sent to you a short while ago a new development has come to our attention. Late today executives from Dominion Energy, Duke Energy and the Southern Company, partners in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), wrote the Federal Energy Regulatory...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 7, 2017 | Press Releases
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