by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Fracking, Regulatory Permit Process
Two ranking Democrats in Congress have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to further investigate the practices of pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners, which has merged with Sunoco Logistics, after spills and permit violations occurred on two...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 22, 2017 | Fracking, Health & Safety
VERONA – The Augusta County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday night to prohibit fracking in the county in a move to keep clean water flowing in the area. Augusta is the first county in the commonwealth to pass a zoning ordinance that completely prohibits...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 8, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Pipelines
Around a dozen Chester County households experienced cloudy water or loss of supply from their private wells this week, forcing some families from their homes near a location where Sunoco Pipeline is conducting horizontal directional drilling about 150 feet below...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 28, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Natural Gas
Mountaineer Gas will be in the Morgan County Courthouse in Berkeley Springs this Friday June 30 at 9 am in an effort to forcibly take parts of the Kesecker family farm by eminent domain for a controversial gas pipeline. Christopher Robertson Jackson Kelly The proposed...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 22, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
June 21, 2017 Tom Hadwin, a former utility executive at Consumers Energy in Michigan and New York State Electric and Gas, explains the way Dominion and Duke Energy have manufactured a false need for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline by over-estimating future demand. SELC,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 7, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Thanks to Irene Leech for these thoughts about the proposed Buckingham ACP compressor station communications tower. Also, please click here for a brief look at the shocking unequal protections/standards meted out by the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety...
