by Nelson Bailey | Jul 30, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has not yet determined whether there is enough demand for the project to justify actually building it, a top executive said today. It was the strongest acknowledgment from TransCanada to date that the nearly decade-long...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 29, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Politics of energy
BEAUMONT – After suffering a recent defeat, Denbury Green Pipeline Texas has taken its eminent domain case against Texas Rice Land Partners to the highest court in the Lone Star State. On July 12, Denbury filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting Texas Supreme...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 28, 2017 | Eminant Domain, Environmental Justice
Participants in the lawsuit hope it will protect their private property from what they describe as “a government-sanctioned land grab” for the financial gain of a private pipeline company. A Roanoke-based lawyer representing 17 plaintiffs who own 10 properties along...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 24, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Thank heaven for Alabama Power! Were it not for them, Virginia would have, in Dominion Energy, the least energy efficient utility in the whole US. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), which has long ranked states, cities and countries on their...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 22, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The House voted Wednesday to streamline the federal permitting process for a variety of oil and natural gas pipelines. Lawmakers voted 248-179 on the Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act, a bill by Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) to...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 20, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
These last 3 years of fighting the approval of the Atlantic Coast pipeline, we have constantly heard from our elected officials that “there is nothing I can do” and “it’s a federal issue”. I think it is time for them to step aside and make room for people who will...
