by Nelson Bailey | May 5, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
The scale of damage to mountain ridges in the path of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline remains open for debate, but Bill and Lynn Limpert say they have no doubt what the project would do to an old-growth forest along the mountain ridge facing their retirement home...
by Nelson Bailey | May 2, 2017 | Health & Safety, Politics of energy
May 2, 2017 COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new rule that would rein in methane pollution from natural gas and oil wells on public lands in Ohio and other states is facing an uncertain fate. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane and Waste Reduction Rule was finalized...
by Nelson Bailey | May 2, 2017 | Natural Gas, Pipelines
May 2, 2017 SEATTLE – The mother of all pipelines could be coming to the Northwest, and Native Americans in the region want their voices heard on the proposal. The Houston-based company, Kinder Morgan’s expanded TransMountain Pipeline would stretch from the...
by Nelson Bailey | May 2, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Pipelines
Landowners and activists expected to descend on town of York on Wednesday for first public meeting on proposed construction after Trump revived it Life on the Keystone XL route: where opponents fear the ‘black snake’ Keystone XL: fear and enthusiasm fill the plains of...
by Nelson Bailey | Apr 28, 2017 | Accidents, Health & Safety, Pipelines
In this exclusive video, taken by local activist and resident, Mitch Allen, Sabal Pipeline construction workers are seen excavating over one-thousand feet of pipeline in Wetland 034A (labeled in this FERC map) in Polk County and placing geotextile pipeline weights (or...
