by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. Activists in Canada are celebrating what is being called a victory for people over pipelines. The energy company TransCanada has announced it is canceling the proposed Energy East pipeline that would’ve...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Pipeline builder Sunoco is providing bottled water to a West Cornwall Township farm after complications from a detonation during construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, West Cornwall Township supervisors said during a news conference Thursday. Water tests found...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 27, 2017 | Accidents, Fracking, Health & Safety
Notice of Violation #13 for Rover Ohio EPA cited Rover Pipeline, LLC again this week for spilling contaminants into a stream: soap wastewater and soil/sediment into a tributary of Irish Creek, Loudon Township, Carroll County. The Notice of Violation comes only three...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Leech lives in Elliston and teaches consumer studies at Virginia Tech. “The two pipeline — one route alternative,” (Sept. 14 commentary) clearly was written by someone who only cares about western Virginia and is willing to dump on the part he doesn’t live in. He has...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
I oppose the Mountain Valley gas pipeline for the following reasons: Already too much real estate has been taken from Virginia commonwealth citizens via pipeline right-of-way and easements. The jobs promised by the state and gas company are only temporary....
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
The pipeline would pass through eight watersheds and many fragile wetlands. DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA — Tour guides like to call Bayou Lafourche “the longest Main Street in the world.” The sleepy 65-mile stretch of water once lined with slave plantations now passes...
