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Fracking Can Taint Drinking Water, EPA Report Finds

by Nelson Bailey | Dec 14, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health & Safety

Environmental agency’s study on hydraulic fracturing walks back earlier findings. WASHINGTON –  Fracking can affect drinking water supplies in certain circumstances, the Obama administration said in a long-awaited report issued Tuesday, leaving open the possibility of...

Virginia Governor approves new fracking protections, yet fight looms over public health disclosures

by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health & Safety

By: Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) November 07 2016 As Virginia faced new fracking interest in recent years, the state’s oil and gas protections lagged far behind other states. Communities across the state worked with SELC and other stakeholders to address...

A new front emerges in the battle against eminent domain

by Nelson Bailey | Nov 3, 2016 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines

Eminent domain attorneys and their clients battling new pipelines in Pennsylvania courts feel they may have a new weapon in the fight against controversial projects like Sunoco’s Mariner East. The recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to toss out...

Environmental groups rally in opposition to Dominion’s expansion plans at Loudoun Compressor Station

by Nelson Bailey | Nov 3, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Fracking, Pipelines

Suzanne Szabo of 350 Loudoun joins rally in Leesburg at open house organized by Dominion at Sycolin Creek Elementary School. Times-Mirror/Sydney Kashiwagi     Environmental organizations and activists rallied in Leesburg Wednesday to raise objections to...

Standing Rock: One million people ‘check in’ on Facebook to support Dakota pipeline protesters

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...

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

by Nelson Bailey | Oct 15, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Fracking, Pipelines

Three weeks ago, something incredible happened. The community of Buckingham came together to say a resounding “no” to Dominion’s proposed 53,515-horsepower fracked-gas compressor station. More than 150 people packed the room at a Buckingham County Planning Commission...
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