by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Three activists with Beyond Extreme Energy disrupted Thursday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the nominations of the final two members to join Trump’s FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Committee). One of the arrestees was a 25-year veteran of...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
An appeals court on Tuesday rejected the federal government’s approval of a natural gas pipeline project in the southeastern U.S., citing concerns about its impact on climate change. In a 2-1 ruling, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 23, 2017 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
A federal appeals court ruled against the Constitution Pipeline Friday, in a challenge it brought against New York State’s denial of a water quality permit. The decision is a major blow to the embattled project, which was planned to run 121 miles, carrying natural gas...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 5, 2017 | Health & Safety, Regulatory Permit Process
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is currently planning to permit developers of the massive fracked-gas Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines to drive a gash through the headwaters, streams, and wetlands of six major river basins, including the...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7) Pipeline opponents who were trying to block the path of project surveyors last Thursday will be challenging state officials during meetings next week. “They are as important as any process we’ve been through yet,” said Roberta...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Aug 3, 2017 | Environmental Justice, FERC communications
These letters were sent to FERC November 8, 2014. They are now being reposted, for ease of accessibility. Dhyani Simonini letter to FERC_Signed Dhyani attachments Letter to FERC 237 Karuna Lane Buckingham, VA 23921 November 8, 2014 Kimberly Bose, Secretary Federal...
