by Nelson Bailey | Oct 15, 2016 | Coal, Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Oct 15, 2016, 9:09am EDT Updated Oct 15, 2016, 1:28pm EDT INDUSTRIES & TAGS Energy, Government & Regulations, Coal, Environment A 50-foot breach in the cooling-pond dam at Duke Energy’s H.F. Lee plant was visible at least a day before it was discovered, an...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 15, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Published 10:38 am Thursday, October 13, 2016 About 25 people are expected to speak during a continued public hearing Monday at 6 p.m. regarding a special use permit request for a proposed 53,515 horsepower (hp) natural gas-fired compressor station in Buckingham. The...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 13, 2016 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Natural Gas
alerting public WRITTEN BYJim Pierobon12 hours ago PHOTO BY Jim Pierobon / Southeast Energy News A Virginia natural gas pipeline operator says is revisiting its notification procedures after a routine maintenance incident prompted more than 100 emergency calls and...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2016 | Health & Safety
BY MARCUS STERN AND SEBASTIAN JONES SEP 11, 2013 Jeffrey Wiese (center), PHMSA’s associate administrator for pipeline safety, testifies at a hearing on pipeline safety. Credit: Rep. Gus Bilirakis Jeffrey Wiese, the nation’s top oil and gas pipeline safety...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 9, 2016 | Climate Change, Health & Safety
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in a stark report that most of the world’s electricity can – and must – be produced from low-carbon sources by 2050. If not, the world faces...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
Posted: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT Updated: Oct 06, 2016 4:13 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution. The suit against the...
