by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Human Rights Abuses Escalate at DAPL Prayer Services in North Dakota | Huffington Post “It makes me so sad. I want to feel like what we have been fighting for over the past hundred years is our dignity and that we as Indigenous people will be accorded full human...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Statewide poll results released today show that, on the hot-button issues of fracked-gas pipelines and coal ash disposal, Virginia voters disagree with the approach being taken by Governor Terry McAuliffe by significant, bipartisan margins. The results of the poll,...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Uncategorized
BILLINGS, Mont. – New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, including a Michigan rupture that ranks as the costliest onshore spill in U.S. history, federal...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
When: December 2, 2016 Panels will be testifying from 11:30 to 4:30 Where: National Press Club, Washington, DC Who: People who have experienced abuse at the hands of FERC and the pipeline industry Save the Date and Plan to Join Us Will you be...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Natural gas, a clean-burning fuel, has significant potential as a “bridge fuel” on a path to a sustainable energy future. However, its climate benefits are highly dependent upon the emission rate of methane from the nation’s vast natural gas infrastructure. Colorado...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 20, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Though Buckingham County Planning Commission members completed its hours-long, two-part public hearing — split because of the volume of people who signed up to speak — they most likely will not vote during its regular Monday meeting on a permit request for a 53,515...
