by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 31, 2016 | Regulatory Permit Process
A long-awaited federal draft environmental impact statement issued Friday says Dominion’s proposed 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline would have “some adverse and significant environmental impacts,” though most would be reduced to “less-than-significant levels” with...
by Heidi Dhivya Berthoud | Dec 22, 2016 | Pipelines, Press Releases
Groups call on FERC to issue completely revised Draft EIS. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the past three months, more than 16,000 people have sent comments or signed petitions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission demanding the agency do a thorough, accurate and...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 13, 2016 | FERC communications, Fossil Fuels, Pipelines
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – A spate of proposed gas pipeline projects has drawn sharp criticism from environmental advocates, who say the federal permitting agency has a built-in bias toward the industry. Last week, nearly 70 people from almost a dozen states testified at...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 10, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
As opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline swells at home and abroad, another pipeline project at the other end of the U.S.is quietly being installed as fast as possible, critics say, displacing residents, threatening water supplies, and racking up alleged...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 10, 2016 | Natural Gas, Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
By ROBBIE HARRIS • DEC 7, 2016 The public comment period on the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline ends December 22. Supporters and opponents are weighing in on the prospect of a 300-mile pipe carrying natural gas through Virginia. But environmental groups are refusing...
