by Nelson Bailey | May 24, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
When the state Department of Environmental Quality announced in April that it would require individual water-quality certifications for the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline projects, environmental groups applauded what they thought would be an...
by Nelson Bailey | May 19, 2017 | PEIS, Pipelines
Mike Tidwell is director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. LaDelle McWhorter is chairperson of Virginia Organizing. More than 60 candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates have rejected campaign contributions from fossil-fuel giant Dominion Energy. Two...
by Nelson Bailey | May 19, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Dominion Resources wants the public to think the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a done deal. So, in a classic “fake news” move, company execs held a tele-press conference yesterday where they basically said as much. They say they have obtained most of the land,...
by Nelson Bailey | May 17, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), Dominion Energy’s $5 billion, 594-mile natural gas pipeline that will stretch from West Virginia through Virginia and into North Carolina, has begun an outreach program with Local Emergency Planning Committees in several West Virginia...
by Nelson Bailey | May 16, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 My wife I drove down from Little Valley in Bath County to participate in the rally for our environment outside of the Dominion shareholders meeting Wednesday. Dominion’s attempt to screen us from the view of shareholders by placing curtains...
