by Nelson Bailey | Aug 7, 2017 | Press Releases
DEQ’s Process Meets Dominion’s Schedule Instead of Ensuring Water is Protected The State Water Control Board will vote at the end of October to approve or deny the 401 water quality certification. We are now calling on the State Water Control Board to reject the 401...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 7, 2017 | Events
Anti-Pipeline Group Plans to Attend Public Hearing on Proposed Pipelines Kay Ferguson with Walking the Line HARRISONBURG, Va. (WVIR) -Environmental regulators in Virginia are kicking off a series of public hearings on the plans to protect water quality with the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 5, 2017 | Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is currently planning to permit developers of the massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines to drive a gash through the headwaters, streams, and wetlands of six major river basins, including the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
By Traci Hickson August 3, 2017 An area below compressor station construction site related to Rover Pipeline, where DEP inspectors say concentrated sediment runoff overwhelms the control fences that are being used by the company. If you think silt fences will hold...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
One of the pillars of a democracy is a strong free press. One of the strengths of an independent newspaper is a lively and thriving editorial and letters to the editor page. There people can express their opinions freely, even if their opinions are not based on facts....
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | Press Releases
Sharon Ponton, a Virginia organizer with the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, is recommending to the State Water Control Board and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that the 401 Water Certification Process for the proposed Atlantic Coast and...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | Press Releases
DEQ Hearings Coming up Please attend one, two or all of Department of Environmental Quality’s hearings and demand that the DEQ do a full public review of all erosion and sediment control plans for the ACP prior to any 401 Water Quality Certification. We want DEQ to...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Press Releases
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by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Accidents, Natural Gas
An explosion at a Minneapolis school has killed two and injured at least nine people. Minnehaha Academy confirmed Ruth Berg, a receptionist with the school for 17 years, died as a result of the explosion. “As our receptionist, she welcomed everyone with a smile and...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy
Eminent domain, in which government agencies seize land for the public good, tends to be a controversial subject. After all, “public good” can be interpreted very loosely. For example, developers have successfully argued that they will promote job growth,...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7) Pipeline opponents who were trying to block the path of project surveyors last Thursday will be challenging state officials during meetings next week. “They are as important as any process we’ve been through yet,” said Roberta...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
n analysis by Mountain Valley Pipeline of the controversial project’s impacts on intact forests in Virginia underestimated those effects by more than 300 percent, according to an assessment by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and other state...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
To the Times: The decision by Middletown, Edgmont, Thornbury, Aston and other Delaware County township governments to not oppose the Mariner East 2 pipeline is one that might soon come back to haunt them. At best, their approvals demonstrate a disregard for the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
The head of the Department of Environmental Quality was appointed by Governor Terry McAuliffe, a strong supporter of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Under the Clean Water Act, DEQ could block construction of the pipeline if it felt the quality of our water would be...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
Last week, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board issued an order halting the construction of the pipeline at 55 locations across the state. Cloudy water with an oily film poured out of a hose at Scavello’s Car Care in Exton, Pennsylvania, where Jeremy Garrison...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
Dominion Energy’s Cove Point LNG export terminal in Maryland may be ready to ship its first commissioning cargo by end-September, with construction nearly complete and the company reaching a deal with a third-party shipper to take its initial production, CEO...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Fracking, Natural Gas, Pipelines
“If we don’t get new pipeline infrastructure feeding into Hampton Roads, they’re not going to be able to grow economically. They’re not going to be able to attract new industries, particularly advanced manufacturing.” Dominion Energy...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
BUCKHANNON — Proponents of — and opponents to — the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline poured into the Buckhannon-Upshur High School auditorium Monday night to talk about the line’s potential effect on one critical resource — water. While some of those who...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 3, 2017 | Environmental Justice, FERC communications
These letters were sent to FERC November 8, 2014. They are now being reposted, for ease of accessibility. Dhyani Simonini letter to FERC_Signed Dhyani attachments Letter to FERC 237 Karuna Lane Buckingham, VA 23921 November 8, 2014 Kimberly Bose, Secretary Federal...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 1, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
An analysis by Mountain Valley Pipeline of the controversial project’s impacts on intact forests in Virginia underestimated those effects by more than 300 percent, according to an assessment by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and other state...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
An analysis by Mountain Valley Pipeline of the controversial project’s impacts on intact forests in Virginia underestimated those effects by more than 300 percent, according to an assessment by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and other...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Fracking, Regulatory Permit Process
Two ranking Democrats in Congress have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to further investigate the practices of pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners, which has merged with Sunoco Logistics, after spills and permit violations occurred on two...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Accidents, Pipelines
Homeowners on a lake 12 miles northwest of Ann Arbor are concerned a large natural gas pipeline set to be placed in the ground will put lives in danger. Energy Transfer Partners is building the 713-mile Rover gas pipeline through West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Pipelines
City leaders argued that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s monitor isn’t located where it can track the effects of the coal-fired plant’s emissions on the residential area (TNS) — The Manitou Springs City Council will...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 30, 2017 | Events
The location for an Aug. 14 public hearing on the proposed water quality certification for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has changed, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday. The hearing will be held at the Southside Virginia Community...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 30, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has not yet determined whether there is enough demand for the project to justify actually building it, a top executive said today. It was the strongest acknowledgment from TransCanada to date that the nearly decade-long...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 29, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy
BEAUMONT – After suffering a recent defeat, Denbury Green Pipeline Texas has taken its eminent domain case against Texas Rice Land Partners to the highest court in the Lone Star State. On July 12, Denbury filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting Texas Supreme...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 28, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
CAMBRIDGE — Eleven buildings were evacuated in Kendall Square on Friday morning, disrupting the workday routine for thousands of people, as officials scrambled to shut down a gas main that had been accidentally punctured by a contractor operating heavy equipment,...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 28, 2017 | Press Releases
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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...
