by Nelson Bailey | Nov 26, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters will not follow a government directive to leave the federal land where hundreds have camped for months, organizers said on Saturday, despite state officials encouraging them to do so. US news | The Guardian Protesters block Route...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 22, 2016 | Endangered Species, Health & Safety
A 21-year-old woman was severely injured and may lose her arm after being hit by a projectile when North Dakota law enforcement officers turned water cannon on Dakota Access pipeline protesters and threw “less-than-lethal” weapons. Sophia Wilansky was one of several...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 10, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health & Safety
By: Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) November 07 2016 As Virginia faced new fracking interest in recent years, the state’s oil and gas protections lagged far behind other states. Communities across the state worked with SELC and other stakeholders to address...
by Nelson Bailey | Nov 3, 2016 | For Landowners, Fracking, Pipelines
Eminent domain attorneys and their clients battling new pipelines in Pennsylvania courts feel they may have a new weapon in the fight against controversial projects like Sunoco’s Mariner East. The recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to toss out...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Accidents, Pipelines
by Chris Isidore @CNNMoneySeptember 21, 2016: 11:50 AM ET Gasoline pipelines in the U.S. are really old, which means spills and leaks are only going to become more common. The Colonial Pipeline leak that caused gasoline shortages and a price spike throughout the...
