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...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
Human Rights Abuses Escalate at DAPL Prayer Services in North Dakota | Huffington Post “It makes me so sad. I want to feel like what we have been fighting for over the past hundred years is our dignity and that we as Indigenous people will be accorded full human...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 23, 2016 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety
Statewide poll results released today show that, on the hot-button issues of fracked-gas pipelines and coal ash disposal, Virginia voters disagree with the approach being taken by Governor Terry McAuliffe by significant, bipartisan margins. The results of the poll,...
by Nelson Bailey | Oct 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Compressor Stations, Health & Safety
Natural gas, a clean-burning fuel, has significant potential as a “bridge fuel” on a path to a sustainable energy future. However, its climate benefits are highly dependent upon the emission rate of methane from the nation’s vast natural gas infrastructure. Colorado...
by Kenda Hanuman | Aug 13, 2016 | Environmental Justice, Pipelines
MORTON COUNTY — A movie star on Thursday joined the largest protest yet to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline from crossing the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Source: Movie star joins pipeline protest as 10 arrested in heavily policed...