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 | Jun 8, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Groups fighting Dominion’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline are suing the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality over its decision to certify that a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “blanket” permit for the project will adequately protect water quality in the state. The...
by Nelson Bailey | Jun 6, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
Sierra Club and activist groups from Michigan and Ohio reque Grassroots and environmental groups want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop Energy Transfer’s Rover Pipeline from using a drilling technique that recently caused the spillage of millions of...
by Nelson Bailey | May 27, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
Sunoco Logistics’ use of eminent domain to take private land to build its Mariner East 2 pipeline came into question again on Thursday when a Philadelphia court ruled that an environmental group can argue that the practice is unconstitutional. Judge Linda Carpenter of...
by Nelson Bailey | May 25, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
The Town of Dryden has suspended the storm water pollution prevention plan approval and building permits for Dominion Energy’s Borger Compressor Station in the Ellis Hollow neighborhood. The town suspended the permits when it was notified Dominion would be...