by Nelson Bailey | Jan 4, 2018 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
An Augusta County board is reviewing a proposal by Dominion Energy to build a construction yard for its Atlantic Coast Pipeline on 34 acres of farmland near Churchville. Pipeline opponents are rallying against the proposed site. The energy company needs to get a...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Segments of assembled pipe are lined up along a cleared section of woods where a pipeline for shale gas is under construction on July 8, 2017 in Jackson Township, Butler County, Pa (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Pennsylvania environmental officials have ordered Sunoco to...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 3, 2018 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
You may recall that, last November, our old friend the Keystone XL pipeline, the continent-spanning death funnel and longtime conservative fetish object, sprang a particularly ill-timed leak, drowning a field on the border between the two Dakotas with 210,000 gallons...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 2, 2018 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
WEST CHESTER >> Calling the impacts of Sunoco’s Mariner East 2 pipeline drilling “unacceptable,” state Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19, and state Sen. John Rafferty, R-44, called on Gov. Tom Wolf to suspend the project until constituents’ concerns are resolved. “In my...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 29, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
RICHMOND — Residents who live near a natural gas pipeline thought something catastrophic was happening. “The noise sounded like a thousand jets flying overhead, and the smell of gas around my house was overwhelming,” said Susan Lockwood. “One close...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 26, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
A fiery blast ripped through a major natural gas hub in eastern Austria on Tuesday morning local time, killing at least one person, injuring many others and sending energy prices into a frenzy. The blaze at the facility in Baumgarten, which receives imported Russian...