by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
This story was a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity and StateImpact Oklahoma, a reporting project of NPR member stations in Oklahoma. Jennifer Merritt’s first graders at Jefferson elementary school in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Sitting...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 15, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Discussions continue regarding memorandums of understanding (MOUs) that could result in Buckingham County having control and access to a natural gas tap off of a lateral line from the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project. “We talked a long time ago about...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 8, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Groups fighting Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline are suing the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality over its decision to certify that a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “blanket” permit for the project will adequately protect water quality in the state. The...
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...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 2, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
Oops! The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality denies that it’s backpedaling on a statement that it would review water crossings necessitated by the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines. Yet, after saying in April that it would require a separate...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 2, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. federal energy regulators said Thursday that Ohio found petroleum hydrocarbon constituents, commonly found in diesel fuel, in drilling fluid samples near a spill that occurred during Energy Transfer Partners’ construction of the...
