by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Statewide poll results released today show that, on the hot-button issues of fracked-gas pipelines and coal ash disposal, Virginia voters disagree with the approach being taken by Governor Terry McAuliffe by significant, bipartisan margins. The results of the poll,...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 22, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Uncategorized
BILLINGS, Mont. – New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, including a Michigan rupture that ranks as the costliest onshore spill in U.S. history, federal...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Conservation
Earlier this week, Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore published an op-ed in the Roanoke Times boasting of the Commonwealth’s achievements on energy. It was a sad reminder that Virginia has trouble moving beyond “all of the above,” a phrase that...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 20, 2016 | Climate Change, Economic Impacts
The Obama Administration has taken significant steps to combat climate change; but they’ve been negated by unregulated, unprecedented growth in oil and gas production under his presidency. That’s why were teaming up with local, regional and national allies to...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 19, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Published 2:06 pm Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Twenty-one of 23 people who spoke during a continued public hearing Monday night regarding the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project and a connected compressor station opposed the issuance of a special use permit....
