by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Natural Gas, Politics of energy
By Letters to the Editor Editor: While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is the primary regulator for approval of natural gas pipelines, Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the responsible party for water protection. The Atlantic Coast...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 25, 2017 | Environmental Justice, Events
By Letters to the Editor Published 3:47 pm Thursday, August 24, 2017 Editor: I too agree that respectful responses are always best. I also think that when someone is telling such an outrageous, egregious lie as the speaker was that it is difficult to let it go. I do...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas
Neighbors Bob and Donna Jones and Tom and Bonnie Triplett share two strong feelings that sometimes dog their waking hours and bedevil their sleep: bewilderment and dread. Bewilderment because the couples, whose properties abut along Mt. Tabor Road in Montgomery...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
An analysis by Mountain Valley Pipeline of the controversial project’s impacts on intact forests in Virginia underestimated those effects by more than 300 percent, according to an assessment by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and other...
by Nelson Bailey | Jul 31, 2017 | Fracking, Regulatory Permit Process
Two ranking Democrats in Congress have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to further investigate the practices of pipeline builder Energy Transfer Partners, which has merged with Sunoco Logistics, after spills and permit violations occurred on two...