by Nelson Bailey | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Natural gas, a clean-burning fuel, has significant potential as a “bridge fuel” on a path to a sustainable energy future. However, its climate benefits are highly dependent upon the emission rate of methane from the nation’s vast natural gas infrastructure. Colorado...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 15, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Fracking, Pipelines
Three weeks ago, something incredible happened. The community of Buckingham came together to say a resounding “no” to Dominion’s proposed 53,515-horsepower fracked-gas compressor station. More than 150 people packed the room at a Buckingham County Planning Commission...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 15, 2016 | Compressor Stations, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Published 10:38 am Thursday, October 13, 2016 About 25 people are expected to speak during a continued public hearing Monday at 6 p.m. regarding a special use permit request for a proposed 53,515 horsepower (hp) natural gas-fired compressor station in Buckingham. The...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 14, 2016 | Pipelines
Attorneys with the Charlottesville-based Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) filed a new motion with federal regulators over Dominion’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). They say the pipeline’s new route would impact properties protected from...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 12, 2016 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
By Rob Manch – Reporter Published: October 11, 2016, 11:41 pm ROANOKE COUNTY (WSLS 10) – We’re hearing from a woman in Roanoke County who says without her knowledge or consent, she came home Monday to find dozens of surveyors for the Mountain Valley Pipeline on...
