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...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 24, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. pipeline safety office is struggling to inspect natural gas storage sites and uphold other standards on the facilities, according to a report released by the General Accountability Office on Friday After a leak at...
