by Nelson Bailey | Feb 17, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Reilly to organize fellow landowners to resist the proposed Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast fracked gas pipelines Carolyn Reilly is Bold Alliance’s new Regional Pipeline Fighter in Virginia and W. Virginia.Rocky Mount, Virginia — Bold Alliance has hired landowner...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 16, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
The energy company behind the disputed Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has reported hundreds of thousands of gallons of spills from pipelines between 2015 and 2016, according to an analysis released earlier this month. According to the Feb. 6 report from the Louisiana...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Just 15 minutes after the doors opened last night, the auditorium at Forest Hills Middle School — a public school — in Wilson was beginning to fill with people. But the “public” listening session about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline wasn’t really public. And only select...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 16, 2017 | Coal, Fossil Fuels
A bill that would have required Dominion Virginia Power to submit more information to state regulators before it is allowed to close what environmental groups contend are leaky, unlined ponds containing millions of tons of coal ash has cleared a House committee,...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 16, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Regulatory Permit Process
More than 50 people attended a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and Landowner’s Informational Meeting held at Buckingham County Middle School on Sunday. The event — which included speakers from numerous groups in opposition to the proposed Atlantic Coast...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Feb 15, 2017 | Events, Regulatory Permit Process
Get help to send comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) website about the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Volunteers will help guide you through the process of submitting your comments. Your voice matters! They don’t know if we...