by Nelson Bailey | Sep 22, 2017 | Regulatory Permit Process
Legal experts predict New York environmental regulators will appeal decision. Federal energy regulators undercut a New York environmental agency Friday, allowing a pipeline company to go forward with a project the state had previously blocked. The Federal Energy...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Firms leading the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) project have asked the members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — the body that could give the project the green light — to “issue an order approving the ACP certificate in September so that...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 12, 2017 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Three activists with Beyond Extreme Energy disrupted Thursday’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the nominations of the final two members to join Trump’s FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Committee). One of the arrestees was a 25-year veteran of...
by Nelson Bailey | Aug 4, 2017 | Press Releases
Sharon Ponton, a Virginia organizer with the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, is recommending to the State Water Control Board and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality that the 401 Water Certification Process for the proposed Atlantic Coast and...
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...
