by Nelson Bailey | Mar 22, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
In yet another setback for the Constitution Pipeline a federal court in New York has dismissed its sponsors’ lawsuit challenging state permitting requirements. Constitution submitted a joint application to the New York State Department of Environmental...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 22, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
The financial giant is the first of a group of 17 banks to divest from the loan that financed the pipeline as the embattled project is set to begin transporting oil. The financial giant ING has sold its stake in the $2.5bn loan financing the Dakota Access pipeline,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Mar 21, 2017 | Regulatory Permit Process
Urgent Action Needed!!!! March 31, 2017 is the deadline for requesting the Department of Environmental Quality [DEQ] to hold a public hearing on this issue. Please read the Kayanite Public Notice, posted in Farmville Herald here: Kyanite Public Notice 3.2017 KMC is...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 21, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines
An environmental organization is challenging in court the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors’ January decision to grant a special-use permit for a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, based in North...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 20, 2017 | Climate Change, Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
Feb. 20, 2017 – Long before Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway took the phrase ‘alternative facts’ mainstream, a rogue federal agency with authority to ram giant gas pipelines through people’s property against their will has for years pioneered the Trumpian version of...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 16, 2017 | Compressor Stations
The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), its Concern for the New Generation chapter (CNG) and several Buckingham County residents have filed a civil lawsuit against county officials “seeking judicial review of the decision and action by the” board of...
