by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
There is a growing political scandal in Virginia regarding the ubiquitous influence of the state’s largest energy company, Dominion Energy, and it’s raising fundamental questions about the integrity of the governor’s office and state regulators who...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 17, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
This story was a collaboration between the Center for Public Integrity and StateImpact Oklahoma, a reporting project of NPR member stations in Oklahoma. Jennifer Merritt’s first graders at Jefferson elementary school in Pryor, Oklahoma, were in for a treat. Sitting...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 15, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
In what’s being hailed a ‘significant victory’ for pipeline’s opponents, a judge said he would consider whether operations must halt until assessment is redone A federal judge has handed a lifeline to efforts to block the Dakota Access pipeline, ruling Wednesday that...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 13, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY in Virginia that shaped up as a contest between the party’s populist wing and its establishment has added a new twist: The state’s biggest power company is helping to get out the vote — and it isn’t hard to figure out why. The two Democrats in the...
by Nelson Bailey | May 24, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality admitted Wednesday that it provided inaccurate information nearly seven weeks ago about how it plans to handle review of potential water quality impacts of two deeply controversial natural gas transmission...
by Nelson Bailey | May 24, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
A common refrain among Virginian legislators is that there is nothing they can do to stop Dominion’s proposed Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines (ACP and MVP, respectively). As they tell it, “The pipelines are a matter for FERC,” and that’s the...
