by Nelson Bailey | Nov 16, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
In an effort to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Friends of Nelson filed a request for rehearing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday on the commission’s recent decision to issue a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 13, 2017 | Endangered Species, Environmental Justice, Politics of energy
Industry is intensifying its campaign against landowners and environmentalists. The electric utility sector’s top lobbying group is teaming up with fossil fuel trade associations as part of an effort to intensify the industry’s campaign against citizen and...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 11, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
RECENTLY the federal government issued a decision to push ahead a dangerous project that would directly harm my city’s water supply. As the mayor of the city of Staunton, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s split-decision approval of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 29, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Events
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Saturday, Anti-pipeline group Friends of Buckingham hosted a tribunal at Charlottesville’s CitySpace where more than 40 people spoke about what they see as the negative effects of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. This...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 10, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
The NC Department of Environmental Quality has rejected the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s erosion and sediment control plan, dealing yet another setback to the $5.5 billion project. In a letter dated Sept. 26, the Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources told the...
