by Nelson Bailey | Mar 5, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety
What could go wrong? A massive natural gas leak from an offshore pipeline near Anchorage could continue for another month because Hilcorp Alaska says sea ice in the Cook Inlet is preventing a repair. So why would we believe that the same company can safely drill for...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Conservation, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Dominion Criticized for Lack of Responsiveness to the Forest Service The Forest Service has made repeated requests for information to Dominion/ACP over the course of several teleconferences and in-person meetings; however, Dominion/ACP has not yet adequately...
by Nelson Bailey | Mar 4, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
DENVER – More than 60 local elected officials from four western states are calling on the U.S. Senate to defend the Bureau of Land Management’s natural-gas waste rule adopted last year. The rule directing the oil and gas industry to capture gas lost...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pollution - Other Sources
PHOENIX – Efforts by the oil and gas industry to roll back an Obama-era environmental rule don’t sit well with most Arizonans, according to a new poll. The energy industry wants Congress to kill a rule which reduces the amount of natural gas released or burned...
by Nelson Bailey | Feb 28, 2017 | Accidents, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
This is why water protectors continue to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, despite freezing temperatures and winter storms. In case you missed it, “water protectors” have been camped out near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, since April in protest of the four-state Dakota...
