by Nelson Bailey | Apr 8, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines
Posted Friday, April 7, 2017 9:40 pm By Drew C. Wilson Times Staff Writer SIMS — Gene Autry Patterson usually reads the papers and watches the news, but he had no idea the proposed path of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline was just over a football field from his back door....
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 23, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide but hangs around the atmosphere for a shorter time. March 22, 2017 Researchers at Purdue University and the Environmental Defense Fund have concluded in a recent study that natural gas power plants...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 21, 2017 | Compressor Stations, Pipelines
An environmental organization is challenging in court the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors’ January decision to grant a special-use permit for a compressor station for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, based in North...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 17, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Politics of energy, Spiritual Ecology
The Sami parliament, representing indigenous people also known as Lapps, has convinced Norway’s second largest pension fund to ditch the oil pipeline project. In an act of international solidarity between indigenous peoples, the Sami parliament in Norway has persuaded...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 16, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Health & Safety
From the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League: GROUPS SUE COUNTY TO BLOCK COMPRESSOR STATION Today the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League announced that it, together with its local chapter Concern for the New Generation, has filed a lawsuit opposing the...
