by Nelson Bailey | Jul 8, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
By Kevin Campbell and April Keating Mountaineer Voices for Change & Mountain Lakes Preservation Alliance Are you paying for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline? Even if you haven’t invested directly, your money may still be used to support it. If you are a member at any...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 6, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Evidently, ensuring that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s 1,989 water-body crossings comply with Virginia’s water-quality standards is just too big a job for our Department of Environmental Quality, even if it is its job, so the Department of Environmental Quality handed...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 5, 2017 | Politics of energy, Press Releases
Virginia’s Director of Natural Resources has warned Dominion that state regulators will not be swayed by company requests or suggestions when deciding whether to issue permits for construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. That’s good news for pipeline opponents,...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 5, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Is the Atlantic Coast Pipeline permit too big to deny? Maybe keeping track of the ACP’s 1,989 water body crossings by our DEQ is just too big a job, even if it is their job. The Natural Gas Act specifically preserves state authority to approve or deny a Water Quality...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 2, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Responding to a request by Sunoco Logistics, a Huntingdon County judge has ordered a family and their supporters off the construction path of the Mariner East 2, which runs through their property. The ruling by Judge George Zanic means the family could be arrested on...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 28, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Leaked documents and public records reveal a troubling fusion of private security, public law enforcement, and corporate money in the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline. AFTER MONTHS OF employing military-style counterinsurgency tactics to subvert opposition to the...
