by Nelson Bailey | Aug 31, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
If you know where to look, you can spot them along the roadsides as you drive through the hilly farmland of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Short wooden stakes stand exactly 50 feet apart, topped with orange tape. The markers seem benign, but for many Lancaster...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 28, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
The natural-gas transmission pipeline explosion that raked a portion of Morgan County yesterday was caused by a pipeline failure, investigators announced this afternoon. Update: The natural-gas transmission pipeline explosion that raked a portion of Morgan County...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines, Politics of energy
CREDIT AP PHOTO / STEVE HELBER, FILE Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe may have only a few months left as governor, but they may end up being some of the most tumultuous of his term in office. A coalition of environmental activists is planning a three day protest in...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 24, 2017 | PEIS, Pipelines, Politics of energy
A federal court ruling has upheld the decision last year by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation to deny a state water quality permit sought by the Constitution Pipeline, an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline. The court’s decision, handed down...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 23, 2017 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
A federal appeals court ruled against the Constitution Pipeline Friday, in a challenge it brought against New York State’s denial of a water quality permit. The decision is a major blow to the embattled project, which was planned to run 121 miles, carrying natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 22, 2017 | Accidents, Endangered Species, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
Just weeks after ordering a temporary halt to construction of part of the Rover Pipeline in Doddridge County, West Virginia inspectors discovered more water pollution violations at Rover construction operations in two other counties, according to records obtained...