by Nelson Bailey | Oct 8, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt have vowed to boost domestic energy production by dismantling federal regulations on things like drilling, but environmental agencies in both blue and red states have pushed back in the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU-TV) An incident Wednesday night sent Pike County emergency crews into action. Officials say a crew member working on pipeline in the Hawley Area ruptured a 24 inch line. That sent gas into air, forcing first responders to evacuate about 130...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 6, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Pipeline builder Sunoco is providing bottled water to a West Cornwall Township farm after complications from a detonation during construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, West Cornwall Township supervisors said during a news conference Thursday. Water tests found...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 4, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality plans to disclose in December its recommendations to the State Water Control Board regarding water quality certification for two deeply controversial natural gas pipelines. DEQ said it will recommend conditions that the...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 4, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Dominion Power says they’ve made no decision to expand the Atlantic Coast Pipeline into South Carolina. Last week the AP obtained a recording of Dominion executive Dan Weekly telling people at an energy conference that “everybody knows” the pipeline won’t stop in...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 30, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Opponents question level of demand in Virginia and North Carolina. Opposition to the massive Atlantic Coast Pipeline is intensifying after an executive with Dominion Energy, the primary developer of the project, told an industry audience that the pipeline will likely...
