by Nelson Bailey | Nov 1, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Fracking, Spiritual Ecology
| US news | The Guardian More than 1 million people have checked in on Facebook to the Standing Rock Indian reservation in response to a viral post claiming that doing so would help protect activists in North Dakota protesting against an oil pipeline from police...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 1, 2016 | Accidents, Pipelines
HELENA, Ala. — An explosion along the Colonial Pipeline in rural Alabama killed one worker and injured several others Monday not far from where the line burst and leaked thousands of gallons of gasoline last month, authorities said.Colonial Pipeline Co. said in...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 1, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines
What They Say vs What They Do by Ellen Bouton A DCMediaGroup article on October 27, 2016, reports that Loudoun County lawmakers and officials “are bewildered by Dominion Resources Inc.’s latest plans to upgrade a natural gas pipeline compressor station in...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 31, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Though planners took no action on a special use permit request for Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) to construct a proposed 53,515 horsepower natural gas fired compressor station on Route 56 between Shelton Store and Union Hill roads, the Buckingham County Planning...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 31, 2016 | Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process, Uncategorized
Posted: Monday, October 31, 2016 12:00 am By Duncan Adams duncan.adams@roanoke.com 981-3324 The “scoping meetings” in May 2015 included a few boisterous moments. That was true when a project manager for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission declared unequivocally...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2016 | For Landowners, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Dakota Access Pipeline Shooting Victim Was An Armed Instigator, Protesters Claim | Huffington Post A man who North Dakota authorities had said was shot by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters was actually an armed instigator linked to the pipeline company, Standing Rock...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Politics of energy
| US news | The Guardian Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil pipeline. Read More
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2016 | Coal
By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch Dominion Virginia Power has asked the state Department of Environmental Quality to put the brakes, at least temporarily, on the permitting process that will govern the closing of its Chesapeake coal-ash landfill and ponds, which...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 27, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
Guards for North Dakota pipeline could be charged for using dogs on activists | US news | The Guardian Private security guards who deployed dogs on protesters at a North Dakota oil pipeline demonstration were not properly licensed and could face criminal charges,...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 26, 2016 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
On June 10, 1999, a few days after his high school graduation, Liam Wood unexpectedly got an afternoon off work and decided to go fly-fishing on a creek near his hometown of Bellingham, Washington. About 100 miles away, operators missed the signs of a pressure spike...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 24, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Arrested By Police With Pepper Spray | Huffington Post More than 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with police near a pipeline construction site in North Dakota, according to the local sheriff’s department, which...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Accidents, Pipelines
by Chris Isidore @CNNMoneySeptember 21, 2016: 11:50 AM ET Gasoline pipelines in the U.S. are really old, which means spills and leaks are only going to become more common. The Colonial Pipeline leak that caused gasoline shortages and a price spike throughout the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events, Pipelines
At last month’s planning commission meeting in Buckingham County, so many people signed up to speak about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that a second meeting was created just to continue the public comments. WMRA’s Jordy Yager was there. On an unseasonably warm October...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Human Rights Abuses Escalate at DAPL Prayer Services in North Dakota | Huffington Post “It makes me so sad. I want to feel like what we have been fighting for over the past hundred years is our dignity and that we as Indigenous people will be accorded full human...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Statewide poll results released today show that, on the hot-button issues of fracked-gas pipelines and coal ash disposal, Virginia voters disagree with the approach being taken by Governor Terry McAuliffe by significant, bipartisan margins. The results of the poll,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Events, Spiritual Ecology
Dear Friends, Rev. Fletcher of GreenFaith will be leading a session on 2017 DC Climate March mobilization at a venue near Yogaville community this coming Saturday, October 29, from 9:30am to 11:30am. Please note the optional activities starting with noon meditation at...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Politics of energy
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Basil Gooden are set to make “an important economic development announcement” Thursday at Rock Wood Products north of Dillwyn. Media outlets received invitations Friday afternoon from the...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels
The modern internal combustion engine first came from Germany and now Germany wants to put a nail in its coffin. The Bundesrat has passed a resolution to ban the ICE beginning in 2030. Source: German Lawmakers Vote to Ban the Internal Combustion Engine
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Uncategorized
BILLINGS, Mont. – New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, including a Michigan rupture that ranks as the costliest onshore spill in U.S. history, federal...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
When: December 2, 2016 Panels will be testifying from 11:30 to 4:30 Where: National Press Club, Washington, DC Who: People who have experienced abuse at the hands of FERC and the pipeline industry Save the Date and Plan to Join Us Will you be...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Conservation, Renewables
State regulators have approved a proposed 200-acre solar energy facility in Buckingham County that will provide “utility-scale” solar generation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced permit approval for the 19.8-megawatt Firestone Solar facility in Buckingham, which will be...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Natural gas, a clean-burning fuel, has significant potential as a “bridge fuel” on a path to a sustainable energy future. However, its climate benefits are highly dependent upon the emission rate of methane from the nation’s vast natural gas infrastructure. Colorado...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation
Earlier this week, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times boasting of the Commonwealth’s achievements on energy. It was a sad reminder that Virginia has trouble moving beyond “all of the above,” a phrase that...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 20, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Though Buckingham County Planning Commission members completed its hours-long, two-part public hearing — split because of the volume of people who signed up to speak — they most likely will not vote during its regular Monday meeting on a permit request for a 53,515...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 20, 2016 | Climate Change, Economic Impacts
The Obama Administration has taken significant steps to combat climate change; but they’ve been negated by unregulated, unprecedented growth in oil and gas production under his presidency. That’s why were teaming up with local, regional and national allies to...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 19, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Published 2:06 pm Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Twenty-one of 23 people who spoke during a continued public hearing Monday night regarding the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project and a connected compressor station opposed the issuance of a special use permit....
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 18, 2016 | Politics of energy
Amy Goodman showed us the perils of standing up to the fossil fuel industry | May Boeve | Opinion | The Guardian. For far too long, the world had been ignoring the North Dakota anti-pipelines protests. Then the Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman captured private security...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 18, 2016 | Fossil Fuels
RICHMOND — Energy giant Dominion continues to invest heavily in an alternate form of power in Virginia: political power. The corporation gave $100,000 to the Democratic Party of Virginia in a lump sum check dated June 14, according to the Virginia Public Access...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 17, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines, Politics of energy
From: Mike Tidwell <mtidwell@chesapeakeclimate.org> Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:07 AM Subject: Pipeline fighters: MUST READ fact sheet on McA’s clear power to protect water To: Mike Tidwell <mtidwell@chesapeakeclimate.org> All, For your...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 17, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
MORTON COUNTY, N.D. — The company and contractor for a 1,172-mile pipeline that’s been the subject of protests in North Dakota and Iowa have issued a $100,000 reward for damage to construction equipment. In a news release Monday, Oct. 17, Dakota Access LLC said...
