by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
RECENTLY the federal government issued a decision to push ahead a dangerous project that would directly harm my city’s water supply. As the mayor of the city of Staunton, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s split-decision approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 6, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
HELENA, Ala. – For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases. The disruption occurred when a track hoe — a machine used to remove...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 3, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
South Portland’s fight is a cautionary tale about the power of money — and whether towns can set their own rules about oil and gas infrastructure. SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—Can communities say no to energy companies? Hundreds of miles from the nearest oil field or...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
SANDISFIELD — On the very day the pipeline company got permission to put its new third line in service here, three anti-pipeline activists were arrested for blocking a road, and witnesses say Massachusetts State Police used a stun gun on one man when he tried to run...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Local Rockingham County and Harrisonburg community members stand in solidarity with the pipeline fighters across the commonwealth in the anti-pipeline group called Rockingham Alliance for the Protection and Transformation of Our Resources and Society. The emergence of...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued its second notice of violation in five days Monday against the builder of the Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline for problems involving waterways in Lebanon County. This one stemmed from a DEP...
