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...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 3, 2016 | Climate Change, Health & Safety
Oil Sector, Investors React to SEC Probe of Exxon Over Climate Change; Many see investigation as potentially transformative moment for U.S. companies Olson, Bradley; Rapoport, Michael. Wall Street Journal (Online) [New York, N.Y] 21 Sep 2016: n/a Abstract According to...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 2, 2016 | Accidents, Environmental Justice, Health & Safety, Pipelines
On a routine check of a surface coal mining facility in rural Alabama early this month, inspector Randall Aldridge first smelled gasoline. Then he saw dead plants and animals along a man-made pond that helps the region manage heavy rain. The cause had nothing to do...
