by Nelson Bailey | Sep 30, 2017 | Pipelines, Politics of energy
Opponents question level of demand in Virginia and North Carolina. Opposition to the massive Atlantic Coast Pipeline is intensifying after an executive with Dominion Energy, the primary developer of the project, told an industry audience that the pipeline will likely...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 29, 2017 | For Landowners, Pipelines, Politics of energy
The two joint ventures planning to route 42-inch diameter natural gas pipelines through forests and fields long to hear the whining roar and chatter of chainsaws felling trees. Both the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline hope to start clearing...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 21, 2017 | Fossil Fuels, Health & Safety, Politics of energy
Leech lives in Elliston and teaches consumer studies at Virginia Tech. “The two pipeline — one route alternative,” (Sept. 14 commentary) clearly was written by someone who only cares about western Virginia and is willing to dump on the part he doesn’t live in. He has...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines
WEST CHESTER >> State Sen. Andy Dinniman said Wednesday that he would appeal the Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP’s) denial of his Right-to-Know Request to obtain a list of private groundwater wells located near the path of Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner...
by Nelson Bailey | Sep 18, 2017 | Health & Safety, Pipelines, Politics of energy
If Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Department of Environmental Quality continues its present course, it will likely suffer the same embarrassment. As public attention was focused on the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey and the unfolding disaster of...
