by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Politics of energy
| US news | The Guardian Deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles marked beginning of new phase to thwart demonstrations to prevent construction of the controversial oil pipeline. Read More
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 24, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Arrested By Police With Pepper Spray | Huffington Post More than 80 protesters were arrested on Saturday after clashing with police near a pipeline construction site in North Dakota, according to the local sheriff’s department, which...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Events, Pipelines
At last month’s planning commission meeting in Buckingham County, so many people signed up to speak about the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that a second meeting was created just to continue the public comments. WMRA’s Jordy Yager was there. On an unseasonably warm October...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Statewide poll results released today show that, on the hot-button issues of fracked-gas pipelines and coal ash disposal, Virginia voters disagree with the approach being taken by Governor Terry McAuliffe by significant, bipartisan margins. The results of the poll,...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels
The modern internal combustion engine first came from Germany and now Germany wants to put a nail in its coffin. The Bundesrat has passed a resolution to ban the ICE beginning in 2030. Source: German Lawmakers Vote to Ban the Internal Combustion Engine
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Uncategorized
BILLINGS, Mont. – New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, including a Michigan rupture that ranks as the costliest onshore spill in U.S. history, federal...