by Nelson Bailey | Feb 5, 2018 | Economic Impacts, Pipelines
Gov. Roy Cooper last week brokered a controversial memorandum of understanding with Dominion Power, which co-owns with Duke Energy, the even more controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Under the agreement, Duke and Dominion will pay a total of $57.8 million to a...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 28, 2018 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
KIMBERLY PAYNTER / WHYY Mariner East 2 construction site in Edgemont Township, Delaware County. The federal pipeline regulator has issued a notice of probable violation to Sunoco after discovering flawed sections of pipe on a section of the route in Ohio. A section of...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 21, 2018 | Fossil Fuels, Politics of energy
Duke Energy and other advocates for building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have come up with a peculiar new justification for the $5 billion project – climate change. They say this winter’s record-setting run of sub-freezing temperatures led to a spike in natural gas...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 14, 2018 | Eminant Domain, Pipelines
Even as it asks a federal judge to allow it to run a natural gas pipeline through land it does not own, Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC is considering changes to the pipeline’s route. In October, the company invoked its power of eminent domain to seek easements on nearly...
by Nelson Bailey | Jan 10, 2018 | For Landowners, Pipelines
As construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline draws closer, a coalition of environmental groups is asking a federal appeals court to issue a stay that would stop the project in its tracks. Filed late Monday, the motion argues that a court-ordered delay is needed to...
