by Nelson Bailey | Sep 27, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Federal regulators are poised to approve the hotly contested Atlantic Coast Pipeline that would stretch for 600 miles from West Virginia, through Virginia and on to North Carolina. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has completed a generally...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Leech lives in Elliston and teaches consumer studies at Virginia Tech. “The two pipeline — one route alternative,” (Sept. 14 commentary) clearly was written by someone who only cares about western Virginia and is willing to dump on the part he doesn’t live in. He has...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
I oppose the Mountain Valley gas pipeline for the following reasons: Already too much real estate has been taken from Virginia commonwealth citizens via pipeline right-of-way and easements. The jobs promised by the state and gas company are only temporary....
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | For Landowners, Health & Safety, Pipelines
The pipeline would pass through eight watersheds and many fragile wetlands. DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA — Tour guides like to call Bayou Lafourche “the longest Main Street in the world.” The sleepy 65-mile stretch of water once lined with slave plantations now passes...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 20, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Despite claims by the builders of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), the public interest will be best served if the ACP is not built. If the existing pipeline is used according to the 20-year agreements already in place to provide natural gas to Dominion...
