by Nelson Bailey | Aug 22, 2017 | Accidents, Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Just weeks after ordering a temporary halt to construction of part of the Rover Pipeline in Doddridge County, West Virginia inspectors discovered more water pollution violations at Rover construction operations in two other counties, according to records obtained...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 13, 2017 | Endangered Species, Pipelines
Alaska’s Cook Inlet has long been known for its stunning mountain views and the endangered beluga whales that inhabit the watershed. But a series of oil and gas leaks from underwater pipelines, one of which is still ongoing, has residents and environmentalists...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 14, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 14 2017 01:53 PM | Updated as of Feb 14 2017 02:05 PM MANILA – Environment Secretary Gina Lopez said Tuesday she served notice to operators of dozens of mines, asking them to explain why their permits should not be canceled for...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 17, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
DALLAS — A chemical leak from an asphalt plant that led Corpus Christi officials to warn residents this week not to drink the water was apparently reported a week earlier, according to an email from a state environmental official that was obtained Friday. The internal...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2016 | Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect a pipeline rupture that spewed more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek, according to the pipeline’s operator, about 150 miles from the site of the Standing Rock protests. The potential for a...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
RANGER, Texas — The leaders of this former oil boom town never gave 2-year-old Adam Walton a chance to avoid the poison. It came in city water, delivered to his family’s tap through pipes nearly a century old. For almost a year, the little boy bathed in lead-tainted...
