by Nelson Bailey | Mar 5, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
What could go wrong? A massive natural gas leak from an offshore pipeline near Anchorage could continue for another month because Hilcorp Alaska says sea ice in the Cook Inlet is preventing a repair. So why would we believe that the same company can safely drill for...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Conservation, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Dominion Criticized for Lack of Responsiveness to the Forest Service The Forest Service has made repeated requests for information to Dominion/ACP over the course of several teleconferences and in-person meetings; however, Dominion/ACP has not yet adequately...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
DENVER – More than 60 local elected officials from four western states are calling on the U.S. Senate to defend the Bureau of Land Management’s natural-gas waste rule adopted last year. The rule directing the oil and gas industry to capture gas lost...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 2, 2017 | Fracking, Health & Safety, Natural Gas
PITTSBURGH – Forty-thousand doctors, nurses and public-health professionals have asked the oil and gas industry to stop opposing policies to reduce methane emissions. In an open letter to the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry lobbying group, the health advocates...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
PHOENIX – Efforts by the oil and gas industry to roll back an Obama-era environmental rule don’t sit well with most Arizonans, according to a new poll. The energy industry wants Congress to kill a rule which reduces the amount of natural gas released or burned...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 26, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
A proposed 300-mile natural gas pipeline would cut a swath across the Appalachian Trail and could undermine protections for other National Scenic Trails across the country. In Virginia, where the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is crossed by more black bears and...
