by Nelson Bailey | Dec 8, 2016 | Pipelines, Regulatory Permit Process
Critics say the agency that regulates natural gas pipelines – like those proposed for West Virginia and Virginia – has a bias in favor of gas industry. (Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition) December 8, 2016 – Dan Heyman, Public News Service (VA)...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2016 | Coal, Health & Safety
The Huffington Post WASHINGTON ― After more than a year of stalling, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pushed to extend health benefits for retired coal miners and their widows in a government funding bill lawmakers hope to take up this week. A...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 7, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Pipelines, Spiritual Ecology
Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, has responded to the Army Corps of Engineers’ denial of a key permit by asking a federal judge to allow it to drill under the Missouri river immediately. The court filing came as thousands of...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 5, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety, Pipelines
By Dave Room on Wednesday November 30th, 2016 Let’s come together and culture hack our oil dependence to stop all the pipelines, starting with Standing Rock. One of the most frustrating things about halting pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure projects...
by Nelson Bailey | Dec 3, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Pipelines
Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadians intensify huge opposition to expansion Trudeau’s approval of project some find analogous to Standing Rock incited thousands of activists, politicians and First Nations members to increase action. | World news | The Guardian Read...
