by Nelson Bailey | Jul 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Colorado has nearly 129,000 underground oil and gas pipelines within about 1,000 feet (300 meters) of occupied buildings, according to energy company reports ordered by the state after a fatal house explosion blamed on a severed gas line. Friday was the deadline for...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 28, 2017 | Press Releases
Friends of Buckingham has been working for 2½ years to fight the only Virginia compressor station planned for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). For the past year, we have been working closely with PSR in highly productive collaborations. The compressor station has...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 25, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
A home went up in flames in April on Twilight Avenue north of Denver, killing two people. Now, the investigation into what happened is underway, clean-up is ongoing, lawsuits are being filed and people who live in that small community are worried- not only about their...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 25, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy, Regulatory Permit Process
Attempts by Dominion Energy to sway regulators in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline permitting process prompted a top official under Gov. Terry McAuliffe to notify the utility that state agencies would not heed those efforts. An April 19 letter from Molly Ward, Virginia’s...
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...
