by Nelson Bailey | Jun 12, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
On May 12, just weeks before Democrats and Republicans in Virginia will vote in primaries for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, Thomas Farrell, the head of Dominion Energy, Inc. sent a letter to its 76,000 current and retired employees and...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 12, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Everyone who lives within miles of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) should be concerned about safety. The company assures us that the ACP will be safe. However, most of the area through which the ACP passes is considered “low consequence” because there are...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 8, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
In the latest example of gross negligence during the construction of a natural gas pipeline, construction workers for Florida Southeast Connection (FSC) Pipeline —which is the connecting pipeline that will eventually merge with the controversial Sabal Trail...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 8, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
New analysis uses coal-fired plants as guide for explaining pipeline’s life-cycle emissions. Given the crisis of global climate change, anti-fossil fuel activists have sought to draw attention to the climate impacts of extracting, transporting, and burning natural...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 8, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Groups fighting Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline are suing the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality over its decision to certify that a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “blanket” permit for the project will adequately protect water quality in the state. The...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Jun 7, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Thanks to Irene Leech for these thoughts about the proposed Buckingham ACP compressor station communications tower. Also, please click here for a brief look at the shocking unequal protections/standards meted out by the Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety...