by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 17, 2016 | Accidents, Health & Safety
An overhead photo of the leaking Aliso Canyon well pad, which is polluting the Porter Ranch community in Los Angeles County. Earthworks / CC 2.0 BY Since October, people across the nation have been monitoring a massive leak at SoCal Gas’ natural gas storage facility...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 14, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Trucks climb a hill as they haul coal ash from one retention pond, foreground, to a permanent pond at the Dominion Power’s Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Va., Friday, June 26, 2015. The company is moving coal ash from several ponds...
by Kenda Hanuman | Jan 8, 2016 | Health & Safety
Explosion at a large natural gas compressor in Logan County, OK Exposure to air pollution may hasten brain aging, a new study has found. Source: Pollution May Age the Brain – The New York Times
by Bob Day | Dec 9, 2015 | Accidents, Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The federal agency charged with overseeing environmental impacts has never blocked construction of a proposed pipeline. Source: Does the US Government Actually Regulate Pipelines?
by Bob Day | Dec 7, 2015 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
In the 21st century, here in our region, another cruel assault is unfolding. On this occasion, however, the targets are two long-established religious groups in central Virginia. The invader this time is Dominion Resources, a Richmond-based for-profit company granted...
by Kenda Hanuman | Nov 4, 2015 | Accidents, Health & Safety
Jeffrey Wiese, the nation’s top oil and gas pipeline safety official, recently strode to a dais beneath crystal chandeliers at a New Orleans hotel to let his audience in on an open secret: the regulatory process he oversees is “kind of dying.”Wiese...
