by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 17, 2016 | Accidents, Health & Safety
An overhead photo of the leaking Aliso Canyon well pad, which is polluting the Porter Ranch community in Los Angeles County. Earthworks / CC 2.0 BY Since October, people across the nation have been monitoring a massive leak at SoCal Gas’ natural gas storage facility...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 17, 2016 | Climate Change, Politics of energy, Video & Audio
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! spoke with Jane Goodall at the Paris Climate Summit about climate change, climate deniers such as Donald Trump and Source: Jane Goodall: Power of Corporations Is Destroying World’s Rainforests
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 15, 2016 | Accidents
Pipelines run toward oil storage tanks stand at the Enbridge Cushing storage terminal. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg North America’s biggest commercial oil storage hub is already on guard against terrorism, but quakes could prove the bigger risk....
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 14, 2016 | Accidents, Fracking
A hydraulic fracturing operation near Fox Creek, Alta., has been shut down after an earthquake hit the area Tuesday. This may be the largest quake EVER in Canada! Source: Fox Creek fracking operation closed indefinitely after earthquake – Edmonton – CBC...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 14, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Trucks climb a hill as they haul coal ash from one retention pond, foreground, to a permanent pond at the Dominion Power’s Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va., Friday, June 26, 2015. The company is moving coal ash from several ponds...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 10, 2016 | PEIS, Regulatory Permit Process
Heidi Dhivya’s Op Ed on Buckingham BOS decision on PEIS
by Bob Day | Jan 9, 2016 | Endangered Species
The West Virginia Field Office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (WVFO) filed on January 7 (posted January 8) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an extensive litany of concerns about the current proposed route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 9, 2016 | Climate Change
Source: Press Release: Historic Climate Trial Starts Monday In Lynwood, WA – Climate Disobedience Center
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 9, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
What might a world look like without fossil fuels as the dominant energy source? Source: BBC World Service – Newshour Extra, The End of Oil?
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 8, 2016 | Health & Safety
Explosion at a large natural gas compressor in Logan County, OK Exposure to air pollution may hasten brain aging, a new study has found. Source: Pollution May Age the Brain – The New York Times
by Bob Day | Jan 8, 2016 | Pipelines
We’re learning more about an explosion at a large natural gas compressor in Logan County, Thursday night. Source: Witnesses Describe Logan County Gas Explosion – NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com |...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 6, 2016 | Climate Change, Pipelines
The natural gas leak from a storage facility in the hills above Los Angeles is shaping up as a major ecological disaster as it vents large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Source: New infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L.A. gas leak...
by Bob Day | Jan 6, 2016 | Climate Change
Stacks and burn-off from the ExxonMobil refinery are seen at dusk last year in St. Bernard Parish, La. (Gerald Herbert/Associated Press) Fossil fuel companies distorted our understanding of climate change. They should be held responsible. Source: America has been...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 6, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Getty Images Oil price falls below $35 a barrel to fresh 11-year low Source: Oil price falls below $35 a barrel to fresh 11-year low – BBC News
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 5, 2016 | Fracking
Here are some of the biggest disasters from the fracking industry this past year. Source: The 5 Worst Fracking Moments of 2015 | Alternet
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 5, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
This is an opportunity to provide comments on the environmental review process and to place on record any deficiencies or problems with the review process. FERC Draft Guidance Manual for Env Report Prep 12-18-15 FERC Draft Guidance report-preparation-volume-1...
by Bob Day | Jan 4, 2016 | Renewables
Ten years after its founding in Charlottesville, Columbia Power has completed initial engineering and testing for the largest and most powerful wave energy converter in the nation. Source: Charlottesville Company Developing Tech to Harness Wave Energy – NBC29...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 2, 2016 | Economic Impacts, Politics of energy, Sustainability
The world needs widely available energy that is reliable, affordable and does not produce carbon. Source: Breakthrough Energy Coalition
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 2, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Politics of energy
Paul Ryan just compared something environmentalists don’t like to something they really don’t like. Source: Paul Ryan Just Made The Case For Why Lifting The Oil Export Ban Is Really Bad | ThinkProgress
by Bob Day | Dec 21, 2015 | Politics of energy
Dominion Virginia Power’s argument for building a controversial transmission line from its Surry nuclear plant across the James River to prevent rolling blackouts is based on flawed electricity demand projections, according to a recent analysis by a Maryland-based...
by Bob Day | Dec 21, 2015 | Climate Change, Politics of energy, Renewables
Governor Terry McAuliffe announces that the Commonwealth’s agencies will increase the use of renewable energy to power the state’s operations. Source: McAuliffe Announces Plan to Stimulate Growth of Renewable Energ – NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports...
by Bob Day | Dec 20, 2015 | Politics of energy
A rare, little-noticed dissent by a powerful Virginia regulator could trigger anew – perhaps in the state Supreme Court – the debate over Dominion’s controversial power grab. Source: Schapiro: Va. corporate cops urged to man up – by one of...
by Bob Day | Dec 15, 2015 | Climate Change, Politics of energy
Friends say Kathryn Sullivan, the embattled head of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, is determined to keep politics out of science Source: She’s braved rough seas and space walks. Can she weather climate change skeptics? – The...
by Bob Day | Dec 14, 2015 | Renewables, Sustainability, Wind
The Windstalk concept proposes an array of poles containing piezoelectric ceramic discs that generate power from the movement of the poles swaying in the wind. Source: Windstalk concept is a wind farm without the turbines
by Kenda Hanuman | Dec 13, 2015 | Pipelines, Sustainability
Pipeline opponents this week charged that Kinder Morgan is in “financial freefall,” and called into question the company’s ability to safely build Northeast Energy Direct, which would transport natural gas from Pennsylvania through New York and New...
by Bob Day | Dec 12, 2015 | Wind
Researchers at the University of Virginia have received a grant that will allow them to develop large wind turbines to generate power. Source: UVA Researchers Receive Grant for Wind Turbines
by Bob Day | Dec 9, 2015 | Climate Change, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability
Achieving 100 percent renewable energy is becoming “the new normal” in the fight to solve climate change. At the Climate Summit for Local Leaders at COP21 Source: Leonardo DiCaprio: Ready for 100%
by Bob Day | Dec 9, 2015 | Accidents, Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The federal agency charged with overseeing environmental impacts has never blocked construction of a proposed pipeline. Source: Does the US Government Actually Regulate Pipelines?
by Bob Day | Dec 8, 2015 | Climate Change, FERC communications, PEIS
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by Bob Day | Dec 7, 2015 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
In the 21st century, here in our region, another cruel assault is unfolding. On this occasion, however, the targets are two long-established religious groups in central Virginia. The invader this time is Dominion Resources, a Richmond-based for-profit company granted...
