by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Natural Gas, Politics of energy
The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to hear another appeal challenging a controversial state law that allows surveyors for natural gas pipeline companies to enter private property without an owner’s consent. Chuck Lollar, a Norfolk-based lawyer representing six...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
By Letters to the Editor Editor: Really?! Your headline article on Aug. 18, “Gas agreement near completion,” states that “Buckingham County will contribute $260,000 as an aid in construction toward the construction of the Lateral (line).” E.M. Wright refers to this as...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Natural Gas, Politics of energy
By Letters to the Editor Editor: While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the primary regulator for approval of natural gas pipelines, Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the responsible party for water protection. The Atlantic Coast...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 23, 2017 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
A federal appeals court ruled against the Constitution Pipeline Friday, in a challenge it brought against New York State’s denial of a water quality permit. The decision is a major blow to the embattled project, which was planned to run 121 miles, carrying natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
Neighbors Bob and Donna Jones and Tom and Bonnie Triplett share two strong feelings that sometimes dog their waking hours and bedevil their sleep: bewilderment and dread. Bewilderment because the couples, whose properties abut along Mt. Tabor Road in Montgomery...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 13, 2017 | Fracking, Press Releases
Why is fracking exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water Act, and five other bedrock environmental laws? In 2005, thanks to oil and gas industry lobbying, the EPA was stripped of its authority to regulate fracking. It’s called the Halliburton loophole....
